रुद्र उवाच । वस्त्रापथस्य वायव्ये कोणे दिव्यं सरोवरम् । तस्य पश्चिमदिग्भागे जालिर्गहनपल्लवा
rudra uvāca | vastrāpathasya vāyavye koṇe divyaṃ sarovaram | tasya paścimadigbhāge jālirgahanapallavā
رُدر نے فرمایا: “وستراپتھ کے شمال مغربی کونے میں ایک دیویہ سرور ہے۔ اس کے مغربی حصے میں ‘جالی’ نامی ایک گھنا جھاڑ ہے، جو نرم پتّوں اور کونپلوں سے بھرا ہے۔”
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Divya-sarovara (divine lake) of Vastrāpatha; Jālī-vana/thicket (west)
Type: kund
Listener: Vāmana
Scene: A map-like sacred landscape: in the northwest of the kṣetra lies a shining divine lake; to its west a dense, tender-leaved thicket named Jālī; Rudra points as if guiding a pilgrim.
Purāṇic tīrthas are described with directional precision, teaching that sacred space is to be approached with attentiveness and reverence.
A divine sarovara (lake) in the north-west of Vastrāpatha, along with the Jāli grove on its western side.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse provides location markers for pilgrimage and tīrtha-identification.
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