स दृष्टः सहसा तेन पिंडारेण महात्मना । प्रणाममकरोद्राजंस्ततस्तं शंकरोऽब्रवीत्
sa dṛṣṭaḥ sahasā tena piṃḍāreṇa mahātmanā | praṇāmamakarodrājaṃstatastaṃ śaṃkaro'bravīt
فقد رآه فجأةً بيندارا ذو النفس العظيمة؛ أيها الملك، فسجد له تحيةً، ثم خاطبه شانكرا.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in Purāṇic narration (deduced)
Tirtha: Arbuda (darśana-prada path/spot)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: A great-souled ascetic (Piṇḍāra) suddenly beholds Śiva with Pārvatī; he falls in full prostration as Śiva turns and begins to speak, radiance filling the mountain path.
Reverent humility (praṇāma) before the Divine opens the way for grace and direct instruction.
Arbuda’s sacred setting is the stage for Śiva’s darśana, within the Piṇḍāraka-centered narrative.
Praṇāma—devotional salutation/prostration—is exemplified as an immediate dharmic response to divine presence.