Chapter 39 describes Shirdi as 'blessed.' What specific details does the text provide to illustrate the holiness of the place and the devotion of its people?

Chapter 39 opens by emphatically declaring, "Blessed, blessed is the place of Shirdi." It attributes this holiness directly to Sai Baba, stating the village became great and achieved the "status of a place of pilgrimage" because of him. The Dwarkamai building is also called blessed, being the place where Sai "moved until his last breath." The devotion of the people is illustrated through the women of Shirdi, who are praised for their "singular faith." As the chapter describes, this devotion was woven into their daily lives, as they would sing songs of the "extraordinary Sai" while "bathing, grinding, or pounding grain," bringing peace to those who heard them.