नानाजन्मार्जितं पापं स्वल्पं बह्वपि वा भवेत् । तत्सर्वं नश्यति क्षिप्रं तोयस्थं लवणं यथा
nānājanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ bahvapi vā bhavet | tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ toyasthaṃ lavaṇaṃ yathā
بہت سے جنموں میں جمع کیا ہوا پاپ—چاہے تھوڑا ہو یا بہت—سب جلد ہی مٹ جاتا ہے، جیسے پانی میں نمک گھل کر ناپید ہو جاتا ہے۔
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa framework)
Tirtha: Pauṣa dīpa-dāna/sacred observance in Ayodhyā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: a handful of salt dissolving into clear water, overlaid with a devotee’s lamp flame and the river’s flow—visual metaphor for sin’s disappearance.
Devotional observances and sacred acts can dissolve long-standing karmic impurity swiftly.
Ayodhyā’s purifying power as presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya context.
No single rite is specified in this verse; it describes the general effect of the Pauṣa-month meritorious acts described nearby (snāna/dīpa-dāna).