अगस्त्याश्रममेतद्धि अगस्तिप्रियमुत्तमम् । न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे रम्ये सर्वपातकनाशने
agastyāśramametaddhi agastipriyamuttamam | nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe ramye sarvapātakanāśane
诚然,此处即阿迦斯提耶(Agastya)的隐修院——为他至爱之胜处——坐落在尼扬库玛蒂河秀丽的河岸;此河能灭尽诸罪。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama-tīrtha on Nyaṅkumatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya
Scene: A tranquil riverbank with flowering trees; Agastya’s hermitage sits nearby; pilgrims perform respectful bathing and offer water-libations; the atmosphere is calm, luminous, and purifying.
Association with sanctified places connected to great sages is celebrated as purifying and sin-destroying.
Agastya-āśrama on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī river in Prabhāsa kṣetra.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily declares the site’s pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying) power.