चैत्रकृष्णचतुर्दश्यामुपवासं विधाय च । त्रिगंडूषान्पिबन्प्रातर्हृल्लिंगमधितिष्ठति
caitrakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmupavāsaṃ vidhāya ca | trigaṃḍūṣānpibanprātarhṛlliṃgamadhitiṣṭhati
اور چَیتر کے کرشن پکش کی چَتُردشی کو روزہ رکھ کر، صبح کے وقت تین گنڈوش (تین گھونٹ) مقدس جل پی کر، وہ ہِرلِنگ (دل کے لِنگ) کی باقاعدہ عبادت و خدمت کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Hṛlliṅga (Heart-liṅga) in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims and vrata practitioners
Scene: Pre-dawn Kāśī: a fasting devotee at a small shrine performs three measured mouthful sips of sanctified water, then stands in reverent attendance before a glowing Hṛlliṅga; lamps flicker, priests chant softly.
Discipline (upavāsa) and simple ritual purity practices support focused devotion to Śiva in Kāśī.
The Hṛlliṅga (Heart-Linga) within the sacred circuit of Kāśī.
Fasting on Caitra kṛṣṇa caturdaśī and morning triple sipping (trigaṃḍūṣa) before worship.