श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
अस्ति भद्राचलं नाम क्षेत्रं परमपावनम् ।
यत्र प्रवेशमात्रेण सर्वं पापं विनश्यति ॥
The Sadguru said:
There is a supremely sacred place named Bhadrachalam, by merely entering which all sin is destroyed.
śrīsadgururuvāca
asti bhadrācalaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ paramapāvanam|
yatra praveśamātreṇa sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyati
अस्ति · asti — there exists
भद्राचलम् · bhadrācalam — Bhadrachalam
नाम · nāma — named
क्षेत्रम् · kṣetram — a sacred place
परमपावनम् · paramapāvanam — supremely purifying
यत्र · yatra — where
प्रवेशमात्रेण · praveśamātreṇa — by mere entry
सर्वम् · sarvam — all
पापम् · pāpam — sin
विनश्यति · vinaśyati — is destroyed
भद्राचलम् नाम परमपावनम् क्षेत्रम् अस्ति। यत्र प्रवेशमात्रेण सर्वम् पापम् विनश्यति।
there exists · Bhadrachalam · named · a sacred place · supremely purifying · where · by mere entry · all · sin · is destroyed
This verse introduces the setting of the chapter, establishing Bhadrachalam as a Divya Desam whose primary glory is the immediate removal of sins through mere presence.