शिवरात्रिं समासाद्य यस्तस्य पुरुषो द्विजाः । कुर्याज्जागरणं रात्रौ निराहारः स्थितः शुचिः
śivarātriṃ samāsādya yastasya puruṣo dvijāḥ | kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ rātrau nirāhāraḥ sthitaḥ śuciḥ
Hỡi các bậc nhị sinh! Khi đêm Śivarātri đến, bất cứ ai là người sùng kính của Ngài mà thức canh suốt đêm—giữ thân tâm thanh tịnh, an trú vững vàng và nhịn ăn—ắt được công đức như đã hứa.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Maṃkaṇeśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas
Scene: Night-time temple vigil: devotees seated around the liṅga with lamps, chanting; some stand in disciplined posture, fasting; priests perform periodic abhiṣeka; the sky suggests Śivarātri darkness, with a calm, austere sanctity.
Disciplined devotion—purity, fasting, and wakeful worship—on Śivarātri is presented as a direct means to receive Śiva’s grace and tīrtha-merit.
The Śivarātri observance is being taught in the context of Maṃkaṇeśvara and the liṅgas of this Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha.
Observe Śivarātri with jāgaraṇa (all-night vigil), nirāhāra (fasting), and śauca (purity/clean conduct).
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