सर्वपापोपशमनं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च माघे मासि विशेषतः । पूजा जागरणं कृत्वा तत्र गच्छेत्परं पदम्
sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca māghe māsi viśeṣataḥ | pūjā jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tatra gacchetparaṃ padam
彼能息灭一切罪业,摧破贫乏之洪流。见彼而礼拜供养,尤以摩伽月(Māgha)为胜;若于彼处修供养并守夜精进者,必得至上境界。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gopāla-svāmin (Hari)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Night-time temple vigil in Māgha: devotees with lamps and incense before a dark-stone or golden Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as Gopāla-svāmin; a sense of sins dissolving and prosperity returning, culminating in a serene vision of the ‘supreme state’.
Devotional discipline—darśana, pūjā, and night vigil—performed at a sacred site is portrayed as transformative, leading toward the highest goal.
Gopāla-svāmin Hari’s shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
In Māgha month, perform darśana and pūjā, and observe jāgaraṇa (keeping awake in vigil) at the shrine.
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