The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
तत् किमर्थमपास्यैतानलङ्काराञ् जटा धृताः चीनांशुकं परित्यज्य किं त्वं वल्कलधारिणी
tat kimarthamapāsyaitānalaṅkārāñ jaṭā dhṛtāḥ cīnāṃśukaṃ parityajya kiṃ tvaṃ valkaladhāriṇī
તો પછી કયા કારણે આ અલંકારોનો ત્યાગ કરીને તેં જટા ધારણ કરી છે? રેશમી વસ્ત્રો છોડીને તું વલ્કલ (ઝાડની છાલ) કેમ ધારણ કરી રહી છે?
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External marks of renunciation (jaṭā, bark-cloth) should be purposeful rather than performative; the implied ethical question is whether austerity is undertaken for higher realization or merely as a dramatic rejection of comfort.
It belongs to narrative instruction (carita/anvākhyāna) embedded in Purāṇic dialogue, not to the five cosmological marks as primary subject matter.
Ornaments vs. bark-cloth symbolizes the polarity of śṛṅgāra (worldly adornment) and vairāgya (dispassion). The verse pushes toward the Purāṇic ideal that true tapas is an inner state, with outer signs secondary.