इत्युच्चार्य्य द्विजश्रेष्ठा मृदमालभ्य पाणिना । विष्णुं संस्मृत्य मनसा मंत्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
ityuccāryya dvijaśreṣṭhā mṛdamālabhya pāṇinā | viṣṇuṃ saṃsmṛtya manasā maṃtrametamudīrayet
Nói như vậy xong, hỡi bậc tối thắng trong hàng nhị sinh, đưa tay chạm vào đất sét, rồi trong tâm tưởng niệm Viṣṇu, và tụng đọc thần chú này.
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha-mṛttikā (Gomatī-taṭa)
Type: ghat
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed as the ritual agent)
Scene: A learned pilgrim (dvija) at the riverbank bends to touch sacred clay, eyes half-closed in Viṣṇu remembrance, preparing to chant the mantra before bathing.
Outer rites (taking sacred earth) are to be joined with inner devotion (smaraṇa of Viṣṇu) for true purification.
The instruction belongs to the Gomatī tīrtha rite within Dvārakā-māhātmya.
Touching/collecting sacred clay and reciting a prescribed mantra while remembering Viṣṇu.