Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116
कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां रात्रौ जागर्ति यो नरः । उपवासपरः शुद्धः शिवं सम्पूजयेन्नरः । प्रमुच्य पापसंमोहं रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ rātrau jāgarti yo naraḥ | upavāsaparaḥ śuddhaḥ śivaṃ sampūjayennaraḥ | pramucya pāpasaṃmohaṃ rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
ผู้ใดเฝ้าตื่นในราตรีวันจตุรทศีแห่งกฤษณปักษ์ ดำรงความบริสุทธิ์ ตั้งมั่นในอุโบสถอดอาหาร และบูชาพระศิวะด้วยความเคารพครบถ้วน—สลัดความหลงที่เกิดจากบาป—ย่อมไปสู่โลกแห่งรุทระ
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Local Revā tīrtha associated with Śiva worship (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: Night at a riverside Śiva shrine: devotees keep vigil with lamps, fasting, chanting; a liṅga is worshiped with water and bilva; dark fortnight moonlight is faint; the devotee’s inner ‘moha’ is shown as dissolving smoke.
FAQs
Disciplined devotion—fasting, purity, and night vigil—transforms the practitioner, destroying sinful delusion and orienting the soul toward Śiva.
The vow is presented within the Śūleśvarī-tīrtha māhātmya stream of Revākhaṇḍa, tying Śiva-worship to that sacred landscape.
On kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī night, keep jāgaraṇa (vigil), observe upavāsa (fast), maintain śauca (purity), and perform complete Śiva-pūjā.
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