Vedapāda-stava (Hymn in Vedic Quarters): Śiva’s Tāṇḍava at Puṇḍarīkapura

The mṛnmayaliṅga shows that Śiva is ‘won by devotion’ rather than by wealth or elaborate apparatus: orthodox nitya-karma (snāna/tarpaṇa) and sincere liṅga-pūjā culminate in direct darśana and boons, establishing bhakti as the operative principle of tīrtha efficacy.

The text promises both worldly and transcendent results: victory over enemies (notably for kings), intellect, prosperity, grain and sons, freedom from stain at death, residence near Śiva, and ultimately attainment of Śiva-loka and equality/union (sāmya/sāyujya) with Him—even if one retains only a fraction of a verse with devotion.

It is described as a Tāṇḍava-sthāna where bathing grants release, śrāddha elevates forefathers to heaven, and dāna (cow, gold, land, bed, garments, food/drink) becomes akṣaya (imperishable in fruit), marking it as a high-intensity kṣetra within the Uttara-bhāga’s tīrtha cartography.