सर्वपापोपशमनं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च माघे मासि विशेषतः । पूजा जागरणं कृत्वा तत्र गच्छेत्परं पदम्
sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca māghe māsi viśeṣataḥ | pūjā jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tatra gacchetparaṃ padam
Er besänftigt alle Sünden und vernichtet die Flut der Armut. Wer Ihn erblickt und verehrt — besonders im Monat Māgha — und dort Pūjā vollzieht und Nachtwache hält, gelangt zum höchsten Stand.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gopāla-svāmin (Hari)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Night-time temple vigil in Māgha: devotees with lamps and incense before a dark-stone or golden Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as Gopāla-svāmin; a sense of sins dissolving and prosperity returning, culminating in a serene vision of the ‘supreme state’.
Devotional discipline—darśana, pūjā, and night vigil—performed at a sacred site is portrayed as transformative, leading toward the highest goal.
Gopāla-svāmin Hari’s shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
In Māgha month, perform darśana and pūjā, and observe jāgaraṇa (keeping awake in vigil) at the shrine.