अजिनांबरदिग्वासः स्वर्धुनी क्लिन्नमौलिज । विरूपाक्षाहिनेपथ्य गृणन्नामावलीमिमाम्
ajināṃbaradigvāsaḥ svardhunī klinnamaulija | virūpākṣāhinepathya gṛṇannāmāvalīmimām
لابسًا جلدًا، ومتخذًا الجهاتِ نفسَها لباسًا، وذو ضفائرَ متلبّدةٍ قد ابتلّت من نهر السماء؛ متزيّنًا بالحيّات وحاملًا العينَ التي لا نظير لها—هكذا تُتلى هذه السلسلة من الأسماء.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī / Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: ghat
Scene: Śiva as the archetypal digambara ascetic: skin-garment, directions as clothing, jaṭā wet with Gaṅgā, serpents as adornment, the striking third eye; a devotee chants a nāmāvali with rosary near the river.
Contemplating Śiva’s sacred form supports focused recitation of His names and steadies devotion.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the chapter; Gaṅgā is invoked as Śiva’s heavenly river.
Recitation of a nāmāvalī (garland of divine names), supported by meditative visualization of Śiva.