तल्लिंगस्यैव माहात्म्यात्ततश्चंद्रेश्वरोऽभवत् । तस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्याच्चंद्रमा गतकल्मषः
talliṃgasyaiva māhātmyāttataścaṃdreśvaro'bhavat | tasya liṃgasya māhātmyāccaṃdramā gatakalmaṣaḥ
اسی لِنگ کی عظمت کے سبب وہ پھر ‘چندریشور’ کے نام سے معروف ہوا؛ اور اسی لِنگ کی عظمت سے چاند (چندرما) ہر آلودگی سے پاک ہو گیا۔
Narrative context (speaker not explicit in this verse; within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Candreśvara (Somnātha/Prabhāsa liṅga-context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa; the Moon-god (Candra) approaches with folded hands, his blemish fading as cool lunar rays mingle with the liṅga’s aura; attendants and sages witness the transformation; the epithet ‘Candreśvara’ is proclaimed.
The māhātmya of the sacred Liṅga is presented as a direct purifier, granting both renewed identity and freedom from impurity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the Liṅga whose greatness establishes Candreśvara and purifies Candra.
Implicitly, continued Liṅga devotion; the verse highlights the Liṅga’s māhātmya as the cause of purification and renown.