रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्देवस्याग्रे नराधिप । दधिभक्तेन सम्पूज्य ब्राह्मणाञ्छंसितव्रतान् । गोप्रदाने द्विजेन्द्रोऽयं सर्वपापक्षयंकरः
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddevasyāgre narādhipa | dadhibhaktena sampūjya brāhmaṇāñchaṃsitavratān | gopradāne dvijendro'yaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaraḥ
Wahai raja, hendaklah berjaga sepanjang malam di hadapan Dewa. Setelah memuliakan para Brahmana yang berikrar terpuji dengan hidangan nasi bercampur dadih, dan dengan sedekah seekor lembu (gōdāna), amalan ini menjadi penyuci utama yang memusnahkan segala dosa.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śaṅkhacūḍa-tīrtha (continuation)
Type: ghat
Listener: Narādhipa / Rājendra (king)
Scene: A night scene in front of the shrine: devotees keep lamps burning, chanting; Brahmins seated receive curd-rice offerings; a decorated cow is gifted with water-pot and cloth; the kingly addressee is implied by courtly attendants.
Pilgrimage is completed by disciplined devotion: vigil, respectful hospitality to the virtuous, and charity that purifies wrongdoing.
The worship context continues at Śaṅkhacūḍa Tīrtha on the Narmadā.
Night vigil (jāgaraṇa) before the deity, honoring vowed Brahmins with food (dadhi-bhakta), and go-dāna (cow donation) for removal of sins.