अर्कोप्यवसरं ज्ञात्वा नत्वा शंभुं व्यजिज्ञपत् । प्रसन्नास्यमुमाकांतं दृष्ट्वा दृष्टचराचरः
arkopyavasaraṃ jñātvā natvā śaṃbhuṃ vyajijñapat | prasannāsyamumākāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭacarācaraḥ
Alors Arka (le Soleil) aussi, reconnaissant l’instant propice, se prosterna devant Śambhu et formula sa requête. Voyant l’Aimé d’Umā au visage apaisé—Lui qui voit tout, le mobile et l’immobile—il parla.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Arka, radiant yet humbled, bows to Śambhu; Śiva’s face is serene, with Umā beside him; the cosmos (moving and unmoving) implied as within Śiva’s gaze.
Even great deities approach Śiva with humility and proper timing, modeling reverent conduct.
The episode belongs to Kāśī’s māhātmya framework, where Śiva’s sovereignty in Kāśī is central.
Bowing (namaskāra) and petitioning the deity are implied devotional acts; no formal vrata is stated.