समाराध्य त्विदं लिंगं प्राप्तः स्थानं महोदयम् । ततो जातं नाम तस्य श्वेतकेत्वीश्वरं श्रुतम्
samārādhya tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ prāptaḥ sthānaṃ mahodayam | tato jātaṃ nāma tasya śvetaketvīśvaraṃ śrutam
Sau khi chí thành phụng thờ liṅga này, ngài đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng. Vì thế, danh xưng ấy được truyền tụng là “Śvetaketvīśvara”.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śvetaketvīśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śvetaketu worships the liṅga with offerings; the shrine gains renown as Śvetaketvīśvara, while the devotee attains an exalted state.
Wholehearted worship (samārādhana) leads to spiritual elevation, and the devotee’s sanctity becomes inseparable from the tīrtha’s identity.
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the liṅga famed as Śvetaketvīśvara.
Samārādhana—proper worship and propitiation of the liṅga—is highlighted as the means to attain an exalted spiritual state.
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