Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
माघ शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स पापैरपि संयुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते
māgha śuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa pāpairapi saṃyuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
ในวันจตุรทศีข้างขึ้นแห่งเดือนมาฆะ ผู้ใดบูชาลึงคะนั้น ผู้นั้นย่อมได้รับเกียรติในศิวโลก แม้ยังมีมลทินแห่งบาปอยู่ก็ตาม
Narrator
Tirtha: Maṃkaṇaka-pratiṣṭhita-liṅga (site of worship)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience
Scene: On Māgha bright caturdaśī, devotees gather at the liṅga with lamps and offerings; the night is luminous, with a sense of purification and ascent—Śivaloka hinted as a celestial backdrop above the shrine.
FAQs
Time-sanctified worship (Māgha śukla caturdaśī) at a powerful Śaiva site grants exalted afterlife merit through Śiva’s grace.
The Maṃkaṇaka-installed liṅga shrine within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha praised in this chapter.
Śiva-pūjā of the liṅga specifically on Māgha śukla caturdaśī.