भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । शिवरात्रिः समुत्पन्ना एवं भूमितले नृप । एवंविधं च माहात्म्यं तस्यास्ते परिकीर्तितम्
bhartṛyajña uvāca | śivarātriḥ samutpannā evaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa | evaṃvidhaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ tasyāste parikīrtitam
ഭർത്തൃയജ്ഞൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നൃപാ! ഇങ്ങനെ ഭൂമിതലത്തിൽ ശിവരാത്രി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; അതിന്റെ ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള മഹാത്മ്യം നിനക്കു പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു।
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Śivarātri (as sacred observance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (nṛpa)
Scene: A sage (Bhartṛyajña) addresses a seated king, gesturing as he declares the origin and greatness of Śivarātri; behind them a shrine lamp and a Śiva emblem suggest the topic’s sanctity.
Purāṇic dharma frames Śivarātri as a divinely established observance whose māhātmya is to be heard, remembered, and practiced.
This verse praises Śivarātri itself; a specific site is not named in this line.
No new ritual detail is prescribed here; it concludes the account of Śivarātri’s origin and greatness.