खट्वांगी पंचवक्त्रश्च दशबाहुस्त्रिलोचनः । गंगाधरो वृषारूढो भूतप्रेतादिवेष्टितः
khaṭvāṃgī paṃcavaktraśca daśabāhustrilocanaḥ | gaṃgādharo vṛṣārūḍho bhūtapretādiveṣṭitaḥ
Er trug einen Stab, von einem Schädel gekrönt; er war fünffach im Antlitz, zehnarmig und dreiaugig; er trug Gaṅgā, ritt den Stier und war umgeben von Scharen der Bhūtas und Pretas.
Vyāsa (continued narration)
Tirtha: Bhūtanātha/Śiva-darśana-sthāna in Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (royal listener)
Scene: Śiva in a grand, fearsome-yet-auspicious manifestation: five faces, ten arms holding varied weapons/attributes (unspecified), three eyes blazing; Gaṅgā flowing from matted hair; seated on Nandi; surrounded by bhūtas and pretas in attendance.
Śiva’s all-encompassing sovereignty is praised—He is both ascetic and cosmic Lord, attended by all orders of beings.
This description belongs to the Indrasara/Indreśvara tīrtha narrative within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription is stated; the verse provides a dhyāna-like depiction supporting devotion and tīrtha-māhātmya.