Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
प्रह्वाञ्जलिपुटौ भूत्वा तस्मै शर्वाय शूलिने / महाभैरवनादाय भीमरूपाय दंष्ट्रिणे / अव्यक्तायाथ महते नमस्कारं प्रकुर्वहे
prahvāñjalipuṭau bhūtvā tasmai śarvāya śūline / mahābhairavanādāya bhīmarūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe / avyaktāyātha mahate namaskāraṃ prakurvahe
Bowing with hands joined in reverence, we offered homage to Śarva, the trident-bearer—whose roar is Mahābhairava, whose form is dreadful and fanged—to the Unmanifest and the Great.