अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां यो लिंगं मामकं त्विदम् । स्नापयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या तस्य पापं प्रयास्यति
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ yo liṃgaṃ māmakaṃ tvidam | snāpayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tasya pāpaṃ prayāsyati
مَن اغتسل هذا اللِّينغا الذي هو لي في اليوم الثامن أو الرابع عشر من الشهر القمري بعبادةٍ صادقة، زال عنه إثمُه وانقشع.
Śiva (implied, speaking of 'My liṅga')
Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara (māmaka-liṅga)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees on aṣṭamī and caturdaśī pour sanctified water over the liṅga with folded hands; lamps flicker, priests chant, and the liṅga glistens with abhiṣeka streams symbolizing sin washing away.
Devotional worship (bhakti) expressed through liṅga-snāna has the power to dissolve accumulated sin.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Yājñavalkyeśvara context).
Bathing (snāna/abhiṣeka) of Śiva’s liṅga specifically on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī tithis, performed with sincere devotion.