माघ शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स पापैरपि संयुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते
māgha śuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa pāpairapi saṃyuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
ماہِ ماغھ کی شُکل چتُردشی کو جو مرد اُس (لِنگ) کی پوجا کرتا ہے، وہ گناہوں سے آلودہ ہو تب بھی شِولोक میں معزز کیا جاتا ہے۔
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.
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.