उमाकांताय उग्राय नमस्ते ऊर्ध्वरेतसे । एकरूपाय चैकाय महदैश्वर्यरूपिणे
umākāṃtāya ugrāya namaste ūrdhvaretase | ekarūpāya caikāya mahadaiśvaryarūpiṇe
உமைகாந்தனே வணக்கம்; உக்ரனே, ஊர்த்வரேதஸ் (பிரம்மச்சரிய-சம்யமம்) ஆண்டவனே வணக்கம். ஒரே வடிவனே, இரண்டற்ற ஒருவனே, மாபெரும் ஐஸ்வர்யம் இயல்பான பரமேசுவரனே—உனக்கு நமः.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara / Umā-Maheśvara bhāva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Umā and Śiva as a unified divine presence—Śiva fierce yet controlled, radiating sovereignty; the imagery balances ascetic continence (ūrdhvaretaḥ) with marital divinity (Umākānta), suggesting Ardhanārīśvara undertone without explicit depiction.
Śiva unites devotion and yoga: He is Umā’s Lord, the ascetic master of sublimated energy, and the non-dual Supreme.
Kāśī is the implied sacred locus where Śiva is revered as both householder-with-Umā and the transcendent, one reality granting mokṣa.
No explicit ritual; the verse implicitly extols brahmacarya/ūrdhvaretas as a yogic discipline supporting Śiva-upāsanā.