स देवः संस्थितो देवि तस्मिंल्लिंगे महाप्रभः । यस्तत्पूजयते भक्त्या कल्ये लिंगं मम प्रियम् । षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण मृत्युं जयति तत्क्षणात्
sa devaḥ saṃsthito devi tasmiṃlliṃge mahāprabhaḥ | yastatpūjayate bhaktyā kalye liṃgaṃ mama priyam | ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa mṛtyuṃ jayati tatkṣaṇāt
おお女神よ、その大いなる光輝と威力を備えた神は、そのリンガに安立している。夜明けの刻、信愛をもって我が愛するそのリンガを礼拝する者は、六音節の真言によって、その瞬間に死を克服する。
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Dawn at Prabhāsa: pale light entering the sanctum; devotee offering water, bilva, and lamp to the liṅga; a subtle halo shaped like a protective circle, suggesting ‘mṛtyu-jaya’ through ṣaḍakṣara.
Devotional worship joined with mantra is portrayed as a direct means to transcend fear of death and attain divine protection.
Mahākāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform dawn worship (kalye pūjā) of the liṅga with devotion and recite the six-syllabled mantra (ṣaḍakṣara).