एवमुक्त्वा ततो ध्यानं चक्रे देवो महेश्वरः । व्यावृत्यकमलं हृत्स्थमष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम्
evamuktvā tato dhyānaṃ cakre devo maheśvaraḥ | vyāvṛtyakamalaṃ hṛtsthamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam
Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, trat der Gott Maheśvara in Meditation ein. Er entfaltete den Lotus in seinem Herzen—einen achtblättrigen Lotus mit seinem Fruchtknoten (karnikā).
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (rṣi/sūta frame implied)
Scene: Maheśvara sits in profound meditation; the viewer is invited into a symbolic interior vision: an eight-petalled lotus blooming within the heart, petals unfolding around a central pericarp.
Divine solutions arise from inner stillness; Śiva’s meditation symbolizes the yogic source of cosmic re-ordering.
The meditation sets up the forthcoming act that will affect the Pādukā tīrtha of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
Meditation (dhyāna) is depicted—specifically focusing on the heart-lotus (hṛtstha aṣṭapatra-kamala).