महानियमवान्नंदिस्त्वगस्थिस्नायु शेषितः । तमिहानय मद्भक्तं मद्दर्शन दृढव्रतम्
mahāniyamavānnaṃdistvagasthisnāyu śeṣitaḥ | tamihānaya madbhaktaṃ maddarśana dṛḍhavratam
“নন্দী, তেওঁ মহা-নিয়মবান; ছাল-হাড়-স্নায়ু মাত্ৰ অৱশিষ্ট। মোৰ সেই ভক্তক ইয়ালৈ আনিবা, যি মোৰ দৰ্শনৰ বাবে দৃঢ় ব্ৰতধাৰী।”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Jaigīṣavya’s cave-abode (Śailāda)
Type: cave
Listener: Nandī
Scene: Śiva speaks to Nandī, gesturing toward the cave’s direction. A vision-like inset shows Jaigīṣavya: a skeletal ascetic, skin stretched over bones, seated immobile with closed eyes, rudrākṣa and ash, radiating quiet power.
Steadfast vows and self-restraint aimed at divine darśana are honored by Śiva and culminate in grace.
The narrative remains tied to Śailāda’s cave-dwelling ascetic within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework.
The instruction to bring the ascetic before Śiva for darśana, implying the fruition of a long vrata.