ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सूर्यप्राचीं महाप्रभाम् । सर्वपापोपशमनीं सर्वकामफलप्रदाम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sūryaprācīṃ mahāprabhām | sarvapāpopaśamanīṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām
Īśvara phán: Bấy giờ, ôi Đại Nữ Thần, nên đến Sūryaprācī rực rỡ đại quang minh—đấng dập tắt mọi tội lỗi và ban quả báo cho mọi ước nguyện chân chánh.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sūryaprācī
Type: tirtha
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed to the radiant Sūryaprācī; the tīrtha glows with sunrise light, with pilgrims offering arghya as sins are pacified and rightful wishes are blessed.
Pilgrimage to a revealed tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic path for purification and the fulfilment of legitimate aims of life.
Sūryaprācī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A directive to go (gacchet) to the tīrtha; bathing is implied and stated explicitly in the next verse.