तस्माच्छंभो वरं देहि प्रसन्नेनांतरात्मना । इति दिव्यपितॄणां स श्रुत्वा वाक्यं वृषध्वजः
tasmācchaṃbho varaṃ dehi prasannenāṃtarātmanā | iti divyapitṝṇāṃ sa śrutvā vākyaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ
«Por eso, oh Śambhu, concédenos un don, con Tu Ser interior vuelto propicio». Al oír estas palabras de los Pitṛs celestiales, Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva) escuchó atentamente.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Kāpilatīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: The celestial Pitṛs, radiant yet humble, request a boon from Śambhu; Śiva as Vṛṣadhvaja turns his attention, listening with composed compassion as devas witness.
Sincere supplication to Śiva, offered with reverence, invites divine grace and boon-giving compassion.
The ongoing context is Kāśī’s Kāpilatīrtha, where the Pitṛs address Śiva.
Implicitly, prayer and petition on behalf of Pitṛs; the detailed śrāddha prescription appears in subsequent verses.