महानियमवान्नंदिस्त्वगस्थिस्नायु शेषितः । तमिहानय मद्भक्तं मद्दर्शन दृढव्रतम्
mahāniyamavānnaṃdistvagasthisnāyu śeṣitaḥ | tamihānaya madbhaktaṃ maddarśana dṛḍhavratam
“নন্দী! তিনি মহা-সংযমী; কেবল চর্ম, অস্থি ও স্নায়ু মাত্র অবশিষ্ট। আমার দর্শনের জন্য দৃঢ়ব্রত সেই আমার ভক্তকে এখানে নিয়ে এসো।”
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.