जलाहारा वायुभक्षाः पर्णाहाराश्च तापसाः । यथा स्थंडिलगा नित्यं ये चान्यनियमाः पृथक्
jalāhārā vāyubhakṣāḥ parṇāhārāśca tāpasāḥ | yathā sthaṃḍilagā nityaṃ ye cānyaniyamāḥ pṛthak
ومن الزهّاد من يقتات بالماء، ومن كأنه يتغذّى بالهواء، ومن يعيش على الأوراق؛ وكذلك من يلازم الاضطجاع على الأرض العارية دائمًا، ومن يلتزم برياضاتٍ أخرى متمايزة.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (ascetic precincts/āśramas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence-like tableau of ascetics in the Prabhāsa region: one drinking only water, one practicing prāṇa-based restraint (vayu-bhakṣa), one eating leaves, and one lying on bare earth; all calm, focused, and radiant with tapas.
Dharma is supported by disciplined living; varied austerities are acknowledged as legitimate paths of tapas.
The verse sits within the Prācīna/Prabhāsa tīrtha praise, though it lists general tapas practices rather than a new site.
A catalogue of austerities: water-diet, breath-subsistence, leaf-diet, sleeping on bare ground, and other niyamas.