शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां कार्तिके जागरं तु यः । करिष्यति पुनश्चास्य लिंगस्य सुसमाहितः । आजन्मप्रभवात्पापात्स विमुक्तिमवाप्स्यति
śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ kārtike jāgaraṃ tu yaḥ | kariṣyati punaścāsya liṃgasya susamāhitaḥ | ājanmaprabhavātpāpātsa vimuktimavāpsyati
यः कार्तिके शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सुसमाहितो जागरं करिष्यति, पुनश्चास्य लिङ्गस्यैवमाचरन्, स आजन्मप्रभवात् पापात् विमुक्तिमवाप्स्यति।
Brahmā (continuing the phala-śruti; deduced)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: Night-long vigil at Kapāleśvara on bright fortnight caturdaśī of Kārttika: lamps, chanting devotees, steady-minded worship before the liṅga; the atmosphere is luminous and purifying.
Disciplined vrata in Kārttika, centered on Śiva, purifies long-standing karmic burdens.
The Kapāleśvara liṅga and its worship-context within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha.
Keeping night vigil (jāgaraṇa) on Kārttika bright-fortnight caturdaśī with focused worship of the liṅga.
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