Shloka 34
Prayaga-mahatmya
Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni
हेमकूटे महाकले ॐकारे ह्यपरे तथा । नीलकंठार्बुदे माघो रुद्रलोकप्रदो मतः ॥ ३४ ॥
hemakūṭe mahākale oṃkāre hyapare tathā | nīlakaṃṭhārbude māgho rudralokaprado mataḥ || 34 ||
Sa Hemakūṭa, sa Mahākāla, gayundin sa Oṃkāra at sa iba pang banal na pook; at sa Nīlakaṇṭha sa Arbuda (Bundok Abu), ang panata ng Māgha ay itinuturing na nagkakaloob ng daigdig ni Rudra (Śiva).
Narada (teaching in a tirtha-mahatmya context; traditional dialogue frame with Sanatkumāra lineage)
Vrata: Māgha-vrata / Māgha observance
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It declares that performing Māgha observances (especially holy bathing, vows, and charity) at specific Śaiva tīrthas is a direct cause for attaining Rudraloka, emphasizing place-based sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) and time-based merit (Māgha-kāla).
By linking Māgha-vrata at Śiva’s famed kṣetras (Mahākāla, Oṃkāra, Nīlakaṇṭha) with the fruit of Rudraloka, it frames devotion as disciplined practice—pilgrimage, purity through snāna, and vrata—performed with faith in the deity of the kṣetra.
It implicitly uses Jyotiṣa-based sacred timing (the Māgha month) and Kalpa-style ritual practice (snāna, vrata, dāna) as the actionable method for gaining the stated spiritual result.