एककालं द्विकालं वा त्रिकालं चापि यः सदा । स्नानं करोति चाग्नेयं पापं तस्य प्रणश्यति
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ cāpi yaḥ sadā | snānaṃ karoti cāgneyaṃ pāpaṃ tasya praṇaśyati
Ai thường hằng thực hành Āgneya-snānā—một lần, hai lần, hay thậm chí ba lần mỗi ngày—tội lỗi của người ấy đều tiêu diệt.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bharata-lineage king (implied by next verse’s address style; here ‘yaḥ sādā’)
Scene: A devotee performs an ‘Āgneya bath’ as a disciplined routine at dawn/noon/dusk—ash and fire symbolism present—while the narrator declares sin’s destruction.
Consistency in prescribed ritual practice is emphasized as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya.
The instruction is embedded in the Bhūtīśvara narrative, but the practice is stated as a general discipline.
Performing Āgneya-snānā once, twice, or thrice daily on a regular basis.
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