एवं तपसि संस्थायास्तस्याः कालो महान्गतः । न च संदर्शनं जातं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्
evaṃ tapasi saṃsthāyāstasyāḥ kālo mahāngataḥ | na ca saṃdarśanaṃ jātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam
ఇలా ఘోర తపస్సులో లీనమై ఉన్నప్పటికీ ఆమెకు ఎంతో కాలం గడిచింది; అయినా హాటకేశ్వరుని దర్శనం కలగలేదు, ఆయన ప్రాకట్యమూ జరగలేదు।
Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lone ascetic woman in severe tapas in a sacred field; time passing (sun/moon cycles) while the hidden Hāṭakeśvara remains unmanifest.
Even sincere practice may be tested by time; perseverance and humility are part of the path to grace.
Hāṭakeśvara, presented as a sacred manifestation connected with the kṣetra described in this Tīrthamāhātmya.
No new ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights continued tapas and the awaited darśana of Hāṭakeśvara.
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