तीर्थान्मंदाकिनी नाम्नो द्विजाः पाशुपतव्रताः । शिवैकाराधनपराः समेता अयुतोन्मिताः
tīrthānmaṃdākinī nāmno dvijāḥ pāśupatavratāḥ | śivaikārādhanaparāḥ sametā ayutonmitāḥ
મંદાકિની નામના તીર્થથી પાશુપત વ્રતધારી, માત્ર શિવારાધનામાં તત્પર એવા દસ હજાર દ્વિજ સમવેત થઈ આવ્યા।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mandākinī
Type: tirtha
Scene: Ten thousand dvijas, marked with ash (bhasma), rudrākṣa garlands, carrying tridents/staffs, moving in disciplined lines from Mandākinī tīrtha toward Kāśī; their faces show fierce resolve and devotion.
Single-minded devotion (ekāgrā bhakti) to Śiva, strengthened by vrata-discipline, is praised as a hallmark of true pilgrimage.
The Mandākinī tīrtha, presented as a source-region from which Pāśupata devotees journey toward Kāśī.
The Pāśupata-vrata is referenced as the defining discipline of these devotees, though its details are not enumerated here.