तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं धर्मांधुरिति विश्रुतम् । ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानामक्लेशं क्षालनं परम्
tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ dharmāṃdhuriti viśrutam | brahmahatyādi pāpānāmakleśaṃ kṣālanaṃ param
Từ đó về sau, bến tắm thiêng ấy được tôn xưng là “Dharmāṃdhu”. Đây là bậc tẩy uế tối thượng, có thể gột rửa—không cần nhọc công—các tội như brahmahatyā và những tội khác.
Skanda
Tirtha: Dharmāṃdhu
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps into the Gaṅgā at a Kāśī ford named Dharmāṃdhu; the water is shown as luminous, washing away dark, smoke-like ‘sins’ that dissolve without struggle; priests hold lotuses and waterpots; distant spires of Kāśī temples silhouette the dawn.
Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as exceptionally compassionate: sincere contact with them purifies even heavy karmic burdens.
Dharmāṃdhu, a famed tīrtha in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.
Purificatory bathing/approach to the tīrtha (implied as the means of ‘washing away’ sins).