Shloka 32
माघो देवह्रदे देवि योगसिद्धिफलप्रदः । प्रभासे मकरादित्ये स्नात्वा रुद्रगणो भवेत् ॥ ३२ ॥
māgho devahrade devi yogasiddhiphalapradaḥ | prabhāse makarāditye snātvā rudragaṇo bhavet || 32 ||
O Diyosa, ang buwang Māgha sa Devahrada ay nagkakaloob ng bunga ng mga siddhi ng yoga. At sa Prabhāsa, kapag ang Araw ay nasa Makara (Capricorn), sa pagligo roon ang tao’y nagiging kabilang sa mga gaṇa ni Rudra.
Narada
Vrata: Māgha-vrata / Māgha-snāna (explicit month)
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Auspicious anticipation of Māgha’s yogic fruits, culminating in awe at transformation into Rudra’s gaṇa through Prabhāsa bathing."}
FAQs
It links specific tīrthas and sacred timings (Māgha and Makara-Āditya) with definite spiritual outcomes—yogic siddhi-fruit at Devahrada and Rudra’s grace at Prabhāsa through tīrtha-snāna.
Bhakti here is expressed through tīrtha-sevā and snāna performed with faith; the promised result—becoming aligned with Rudra’s gaṇas—frames the act as devotional surrender to a deity’s sphere.
Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology/astronomy) is implied by “Makara-Āditya”—the auspicious period when the Sun transits Capricorn—used to time ritual bathing for enhanced merit.