भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । शिवरात्रिः समुत्पन्ना एवं भूमितले नृप । एवंविधं च माहात्म्यं तस्यास्ते परिकीर्तितम्
bhartṛyajña uvāca | śivarātriḥ samutpannā evaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa | evaṃvidhaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ tasyāste parikīrtitam
भर्तृयज्ञ म्हणाले—हे नृपा! अशा प्रकारे भूमितलावर शिवरात्रि उत्पन्न झाली; आणि तिचे असेच माहात्म्य तुला कथन केले आहे।
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.