कल्पलिंगं महादेवि पूजितं देवदानवैः । छायापुत्रेण संतप्तं तपः परमदुष्करम्
kalpaliṃgaṃ mahādevi pūjitaṃ devadānavaiḥ | chāyāputreṇa saṃtaptaṃ tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram
హే మహాదేవి, అది కల్పలింగము; దేవదానవులు పూజించినది. ఛాయాపుత్రుడు అక్కడ కష్టముచే దగ్ధుడై పరమ దుష్కరమైన తపస్సు చేసెను।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kalpa-liṅga / Śanaiścaraiśvara complex
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A powerful ascetic tableau: the Kalpa-liṅga in a shrine or open sanctum, devas and dānavas offering worship together; Śani (Chāyā-putra) performing fierce tapas—dark-hued, austere, emaciated, surrounded by heat-haze—yet oriented toward the liṅga.
Even powerful cosmic beings attain their station through severe tapas and devotion at Śiva’s liṅga in a sacred kṣetra.
Kalpa-liṅga / Śanaiścaraiśvara shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the practice undertaken by Chāyā’s son (Śanaiścara).