क्वचिच्च चर्मवसनं क्वचिद्भिक्षाटनप्रियम् । विटंकभूतानुचरं स्थाणुमुग्रं तमोगुणम्
kvacicca carmavasanaṃ kvacidbhikṣāṭanapriyam | viṭaṃkabhūtānucaraṃ sthāṇumugraṃ tamoguṇam
Kadang berselimut kulit, kadang gemar mengembara meminta sedekah; diiringi makhluk-makhluk ghaib yang ganjil—Sthāṇu yang tak tergoyahkan, Ugra yang dahsyat, dan bagi yang jahil tampak bertabiat tamas yang gelap.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva alternates between wearing animal skins and wandering as a mendicant; uncanny attendants (bhūtas/gaṇas) cluster around; he stands immovable and fierce, misunderstood as tamasic.
Worldly judgment misreads the ascetic Lord; what seems ‘tamasic’ can be the transcendence that stands beyond social norms.
None explicitly; the verse is part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Śiva-centered narration.
None; it describes Śiva’s bhikṣāṭana/ascetic mode.