अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां यो लिंगं मामकं त्विदम् । स्नापयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या तस्य पापं प्रयास्यति
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ yo liṃgaṃ māmakaṃ tvidam | snāpayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tasya pāpaṃ prayāsyati
అష్టమి మరియు చతుర్దశి నాడు ఎవడు నా ఈ లింగాన్ని సద్భక్తితో స్నాపనం చేయించునో, అతని పాపం తొలగిపోవును.
Śiva (implied, speaking of 'My liṅga')
Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara (māmaka-liṅga)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees on aṣṭamī and caturdaśī pour sanctified water over the liṅga with folded hands; lamps flicker, priests chant, and the liṅga glistens with abhiṣeka streams symbolizing sin washing away.
Devotional worship (bhakti) expressed through liṅga-snāna has the power to dissolve accumulated sin.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Yājñavalkyeśvara context).
Bathing (snāna/abhiṣeka) of Śiva’s liṅga specifically on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī tithis, performed with sincere devotion.