Shloka 17
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
तेन मे सर्ववासानां श्मशाने रमते मन: । न्यग्रोधशाखासंछन्ने निर्भुग्नस्रग्विभूषिते
tena me sarvavāsānāṁ śmaśāne ramate manaḥ | nyagrodhaśākhāsaṁchannē nirbhugnasragvibhūṣite ||
ゆえに、あらゆる住処のうちで、わが心が最も歓びを覚えるのは火葬場である。その火葬場は菩提樹（バンヤン）の枝に蔽われて陰をなし、亡骸の身より落ちて砕けた花鬘によって飾られている――それは離欲と無常の真理を示す徴である。
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vairāgya (dispassion): the cremation-ground, with its stark reminders of death and decay, becomes a preferred place for contemplation because it exposes the impermanence of beauty, status, and bodily identity.
Maheśvara speaks about his own inclination: among all residences, his mind rests most in the śmaśāna, described as shaded by banyan branches and ornamented by broken garlands fallen from corpses—imagery that underscores his ascetic, world-transcending nature.