राजोवाच । शृणु तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं शिवरात्रिमुपोषणात् । तस्मिञ्छिवपुरे रम्ये स्वर्गद्वारे सुशोभने
rājovāca | śṛṇu tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śivarātrimupoṣaṇāt | tasmiñchivapure ramye svargadvāre suśobhane
Le roi dit : «Écoute la grandeur de ce tīrtha, issue du jeûne de Śivarātri : là, dans la délicieuse Śivapura, resplendissante comme une porte du ciel.»
Sudarśana (Rājā)
Tirtha: Śivapura (as named sacred locale)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Queen
Scene: The king begins a formal narration: a visionary depiction of Śivapura—beautiful, radiant, and portrayed as a gateway to heaven—while he instructs the queen about Śivarātri fasting and the tīrtha’s greatness.
Fasting and devotion on Śivarātri are linked with tīrtha-mahātmya—discipline plus sacred place intensifies merit and spiritual uplift.
Śivapura is praised as ‘svarga-dvāra’; within this adhyāya it is situated in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
Upoṣaṇa (fasting/observance) on Śivarātri.