काश्यपेयाय वज्रांगतनयाय महात्मने । रुद्रभक्ताय सतिलमक्षय्योदकमस्त्विति
kāśyapeyāya vajrāṃgatanayāya mahātmane | rudrabhaktāya satilamakṣayyodakamastviti
కాశ్యపేయునికి, వజ్రాంగుని మహాత్మ కుమారునికి, రుద్రభక్తునికి—తిలాలతో కూడిన ఈ అక్షయ జలతర్పణం స్థిరమగుగాక అని అతడు ప్రకటించాడు।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative mode)
Tirtha: Śakticchidra (in Kapāleśvara-sānnidhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (contextually present in the surrounding passage)
Scene: A devotee at a Śaiva tīrtha, hands cupped, pouring water mixed with sesame while uttering a formal dedication to a Rudra-bhakta recipient; Kapāleśvara liṅga and a nearby Devī shrine suggested in the background.
Offerings made with devotion to Rudra, especially sesame-water libations, are praised as enduring and spiritually fruitful.
The ongoing tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 33, centered on the Śaiva sacred geography around Kapāleśvara/Śakticchidra and Pātāla-Gaṅgā.
Akṣayya-udaka: offering water with sesame (tila) as a lasting libation for a revered recipient/devotee.