तस्माद्विशेषतः सर्वे वर्षेवर्षे वयं नृप । करिष्यामोऽस्य देवस्य श्रद्धया रात्रिजागरम्
tasmādviśeṣataḥ sarve varṣevarṣe vayaṃ nṛpa | kariṣyāmo'sya devasya śraddhayā rātrijāgaram
C’est pourquoi, ô roi, nous tous—tout particulièrement—accomplirons, année après année, avec foi, la veille nocturne pour cette divinité.
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Mahākāla-sannidhi (Mahākāla-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A royal assembly resolves to keep an annual night-long vigil before a fierce-yet-auspicious Śiva form (Mahākāla), lamps blazing, devotees seated in orderly rows, vow-taking gestures (añjali), temple pillars and liṅga-shrine in the background.
Steady annual observance (nitya-abhyāsa) with śraddhā is upheld as a powerful mode of devotion.
The vow is tied to Mahākāla’s sacred precinct/tīrtha (traditionally Ujjain).
Rātri-jāgaraṇa: keeping an all-night vigil for the deity, to be repeated every year with faith.