ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं पापप्रणाशनम् । कपिलेश्वरस्यैशान्यामुत्तरेण व्यवस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | kapileśvarasyaiśānyāmuttareṇa vyavasthitam
自在天说道:随后,噢大女神,应前往那能灭罪的林伽;它位于迦毗罗自在天之东北方位的北侧。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jaradgaveśvara-liṅga (introduced as pāpa-praṇāśana; located north/Īśānya of Kapileśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward the north-eastern quarter of Kapileśvara where a sin-destroying liṅga stands; the landscape suggests coastal Prabhāsa with shrine markers and pilgrims moving in a prescribed direction.
Pilgrimage is mapped as a purificatory journey: approaching specific Śiva-liṅgas is presented as a means of pāpa-kṣaya.
A sin-destroying liṅga shrine near Kapileśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra—introduced as the next pilgrimage point.
A directive to proceed (gacchet) to the specified liṅga as part of the tīrtha-yātrā sequence.
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