तां प्रविश्य पुरीं रम्यां महाकालं प्रणम्य च । तद्गोपवनितागेहमाजग्मुः सर्वभूभृतः
tāṃ praviśya purīṃ ramyāṃ mahākālaṃ praṇamya ca | tadgopavanitāgehamājagmuḥ sarvabhūbhṛtaḥ
Entering that lovely city and bowing to Mahākāla, all those kings then went to the house of that cowherd woman.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Approach to a sacred city begins with humility—first bow to the presiding deity (Mahākāla), then engage with the devotees and the miracle’s locus.
Mahākāla of Ujjayinī/Ujjain—explicitly named as the object of praṇāma.
Praṇāma (bowing) to Mahākāla is indicated as an act of reverence upon entering the city.