एवमुक्त्वा ततो ध्यानं चक्रे देवो महेश्वरः । व्यावृत्यकमलं हृत्स्थमष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम्
evamuktvā tato dhyānaṃ cakre devo maheśvaraḥ | vyāvṛtyakamalaṃ hṛtsthamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam
Ayant ainsi parlé, le dieu Maheśvara entra en méditation. Il déploya le lotus demeurant en son cœur—un lotus à huit pétales, avec son péricarpe (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).