Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
एनं देव निशीथे च सर्वदागत्य भक्तितः । संपूजयेन्न सन्देहः सत्यमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम्
enaṃ deva niśīthe ca sarvadāgatya bhaktitaḥ | saṃpūjayenna sandehaḥ satyametatprakīrtitam
وهذا الربّ بعينه ينبغي أن يُقصد دائمًا، حتى في ساعة منتصف الليل، بتعبّدٍ وخشوعٍ ويُعبد عبادةً تامّة—لا ريب في ذلك؛ فهذا مُعلَنٌ حقًّا.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Setu Rāmeśvara (night approach)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A midnight temple scene: the liṅga illuminated by oil lamps, devotees arriving quietly with folded hands; the sea is dark and still, stars overhead; the verse’s ‘no doubt’ truth rings like a vow.
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Bhakti expressed through unwavering worship is affirmed as a certain and truthful path.
The Rāmeśvara/Setu tīrtha complex, where worship is praised even at niśītha (midnight).
Niśītha-pūjā—midnight worship, completing the cycle of worship across the day.
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