तस्य मोक्षस्त्वया देयो मद्वाक्यात्सुरसत्तम । तथेत्युक्त्वा महेशस्तं शूलाग्रात्प्रमुमोच ह । अस्थिशेषं कृशांगं च चामुण्डासदृशं द्विजाः
tasya mokṣastvayā deyo madvākyātsurasattama | tathetyuktvā maheśastaṃ śūlāgrātpramumoca ha | asthiśeṣaṃ kṛśāṃgaṃ ca cāmuṇḍāsadṛśaṃ dvijāḥ
“Anugerahkanlah mokṣa kepadanya, wahai yang termulia di antara para dewa—demi ucapanku.” Maka Maheśa menjawab, “Tathāstu,” lalu melepaskannya dari ujung trisula. Wahai para dvija, ia tinggal tersisa tulang-belulang dan tubuh kurus, laksana sosok Cāmuṇḍā.
Narrator (contextual); includes an addressed request and Śiva’s assent
Type: temple
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed within the narration)
Scene: Andhaka petitions Śiva to grant liberation to any mortal who installs and worships the trident-tip form. Śiva says ‘So be it’ and releases Andhaka from the trident; Andhaka appears emaciated, skeletal, Cāmuṇḍā-like.
Liberation can be conferred by divine decree; the Purāṇic narrative ties mokṣa to faith, vow, and sacred-form worship.
The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the site-name is not explicitly present in this verse.
Implied confirmation of the earlier prescription: installing and worshipping the specified Śiva-form yields mokṣa.