जलाहारा वायुभक्षाः पर्णाहाराश्च तापसाः । यथा स्थंडिलगा नित्यं ये चान्यनियमाः पृथक्
jalāhārā vāyubhakṣāḥ parṇāhārāśca tāpasāḥ | yathā sthaṃḍilagā nityaṃ ye cānyaniyamāḥ pṛthak
ଜଳାହାରୀ, ବାୟୁଭକ୍ଷୀ (ପ୍ରାଣାହାରୀ) ଓ ପର୍ଣ୍ଣାହାରୀ ତପସ୍ବୀମାନେ; ତଥା ଯେମାନେ ନିତ୍ୟ ନିରାବରଣ ଭୂମିରେ ଶୟନ କରନ୍ତି—ଏବଂ ଯେମାନେ ଅନ୍ୟ ଅନ୍ୟ ପୃଥକ୍ ନିୟମ ପାଳନ କରନ୍ତି।
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (ascetic precincts/āśramas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence-like tableau of ascetics in the Prabhāsa region: one drinking only water, one practicing prāṇa-based restraint (vayu-bhakṣa), one eating leaves, and one lying on bare earth; all calm, focused, and radiant with tapas.
Dharma is supported by disciplined living; varied austerities are acknowledged as legitimate paths of tapas.
The verse sits within the Prācīna/Prabhāsa tīrtha praise, though it lists general tapas practices rather than a new site.
A catalogue of austerities: water-diet, breath-subsistence, leaf-diet, sleeping on bare ground, and other niyamas.