तमीश्वरं पंचवक्त्रं त्रिनेत्रं पिनाकिनं चन्द्रकलावतंसम् । आलंबितापिंगजटाकलापं मध्यंगतं भास्करकोटितेजसम्
tamīśvaraṃ paṃcavaktraṃ trinetraṃ pinākinaṃ candrakalāvataṃsam | ālaṃbitāpiṃgajaṭākalāpaṃ madhyaṃgataṃ bhāskarakoṭitejasam
He beheld that Lord: five-faced, three-eyed, bearing the Pināka bow; adorned with the crescent moon; with tawny matted locks hanging down—radiant with the brilliance of ten million suns.
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Scene: A frontal epiphany of Śiva: five faces arranged in a sacred configuration, three eyes, Pināka in hand, crescent moon on the head, tawny jaṭā cascading; the entire figure blazing like countless suns.
It invites devotional contemplation of Śiva’s revealed form, suggesting that divine reality can be directly encountered through grace and focused remembrance.
No specific location is stated; the verse is a darśana-description (deity-mahātmya in iconographic mode).
No explicit rite; it functions as a dhyāna-style description suitable for meditation on Śiva.