आकारयति मित्राणि शिवनाम्नाऽखिलानि सः । चंद्रशेखरभूतेश मृत्युंजय मृडेश्वरः
ākārayati mitrāṇi śivanāmnā'khilāni saḥ | caṃdraśekharabhūteśa mṛtyuṃjaya mṛḍeśvaraḥ
Tinatawag niya ang kanyang mga kaibigan sa mga pangalan ni Śiva lamang—“Candraśekhara”, “Bhūteśa”, “Mṛtyuṃjaya”, “Mṛḍeśvara”, at iba pa.
Skanda (narrative voice, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Harikeśa among friends, smiling as he calls them ‘Candraśekhara’, ‘Bhūteśa’, ‘Mṛtyuṃjaya’, ‘Mṛḍeśvara’; the children respond playfully, while a faint Śiva aura or crescent motif hovers above.
Constant remembrance of Śiva through His names sanctifies speech and mind, turning ordinary life into devotion.
The verse appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered glorification, in the stream of Nādeśvara’s māhātmya.
Nāma-smaraṇa (recollection and use of Śiva’s names) is exemplified as a devotional practice.
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