मद्भावभाविता देवि तीर्थं सेवंति सुव्रताः । तेषां चैव हितार्थाय कथयामि यशश्विनि
madbhāvabhāvitā devi tīrthaṃ sevaṃti suvratāḥ | teṣāṃ caiva hitārthāya kathayāmi yaśaśvini
اے دیوی! جو نیک عہد والے میرے بھاؤ (بھکتی) سے سرشار ہیں، وہ اس تیرتھ کا سہارا لیتے اور اس کی سیوا کرتے ہیں۔ اے صاحبِ جلال! انہی کے بھلے کے لیے میں اب بیان کرتا ہوں۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, gesturing toward a radiant coastal tīrtha; devotees with waterpots and flowers perform service—cleaning steps, offering lamps—while a luminous aura marks the ford.
Tīrtha-sevā becomes truly fruitful when performed with devotion to Śiva and disciplined vows.
The Prabhāsa tīrtha/Prabhāsa-kṣetra, introduced in this Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context.
Service/resort to the tīrtha (tīrtha-sevā) by suvratāḥ—disciplined observants devoted to Śiva.