माघ कृष्णचतुर्दश्यामुपोष्य निशि जागृयात् । कृत्तिवासेशमभ्यर्च्य यः स यायात्परां गतिम्
māgha kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmupoṣya niśi jāgṛyāt | kṛttivāseśamabhyarcya yaḥ sa yāyātparāṃ gatim
Whoever fasts on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in Māgha and keeps vigil at night, and worships Lord Kṛttivāseśa—he attains the supreme state.
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśa (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages / within episode: Agastya is addressed in adjacent verses
Scene: Night at Kāśī: devotees keep vigil with lamps, chanting before the Kṛttivāseśa liṅga; the moon of Māgha dark fortnight hangs faintly; Ganga ghāṭa lamps shimmer.
Disciplined observance—fasting, vigil, and worship—focused on Śiva leads toward the highest spiritual attainment.
Kāśī through the worship of Kṛttivāseśa (the local Śiva-liṅga/manifestation).
Fasting on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī, night-long vigil, and worship (abhyarcana) of Kṛttivāseśa.