राजोवाच । उभाभ्यामथ हृष्टाभ्यां पूजितोऽयं महेश्वरः । तैः पद्मैः सत्त्वमास्थाय कृत्वा पूजां द्विजोत्तमाः
rājovāca | ubhābhyāmatha hṛṣṭābhyāṃ pūjito'yaṃ maheśvaraḥ | taiḥ padmaiḥ sattvamāsthāya kṛtvā pūjāṃ dvijottamāḥ
بادشاہ نے کہا: اے برہمنوں میں برتر! پھر وہ دونوں دل سے مسرور ہو کر اسی مہیشور کی پوجا کرنے لگے۔ اُن کنولوں کے ساتھ پاکیزگی اور ثابت قدمی اختیار کر کے انہوں نے عبادت (پوجا) ادا کی۔
Rājā (the King)
Tirtha: Mahākāla/Maheśvara-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (best of Brahmins)
Scene: The king narrates as the two devotees, joyful and composed, offer lotuses at the Śiva altar, lamps flickering, their faces serene with sattvic resolve.
True worship is not only the external offering but also the inner disposition—sattva (purity and steadiness) that makes the act spiritually potent.
A Mahākāla/Maheśvara sacred setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the precise tīrtha-name is not specified in this verse alone.
Performing Śiva pūjā with lotus-flowers, undertaken with a sattvic (pure, disciplined) mindset.