शुक्लाष्टम्यां सदा भक्त्या स तस्याः श्रद्धयान्वितः । अष्टोत्तरशतं यावत्प्रचकार प्रदक्षिणाम्
śuklāṣṭamyāṃ sadā bhaktyā sa tasyāḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃ yāvatpracakāra pradakṣiṇām
ہر شُکل پکش کی اشٹمی کو وہ ہمیشہ بھکتی اور پختہ شردھا کے ساتھ آتا۔ وہ اُس دیوی کی پردکشنا ایک سو آٹھ بار تک کرتا تھا۔
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king circles the Devī temple repeatedly—processional movement around the sanctum—counting 108 rounds on a bright aṣṭamī, with lamps, flowers, and focused devotion.
Regular devotion (bhakti) joined with faith (śraddhā) sanctifies ritual action and turns it into lasting spiritual merit.
A Devī-shrine connected to the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the emphasis here is on the site’s power revealed through repeated pradakṣiṇā.
Perform pradakṣiṇā on Śuklāṣṭamī, traditionally in a count of 108 rounds, with devotion and faith.