जटी कमण्डलुधरो दण्डी मेखलया वृतः । भस्मोन्मृदितसर्वाङ्गो महातेजास्त्रिलोचनः
jaṭī kamaṇḍaludharo daṇḍī mekhalayā vṛtaḥ | bhasmonmṛditasarvāṅgo mahātejāstrilocanaḥ
وہ جٹا دھاری تھا، کمندلو اٹھائے ہوئے، ہاتھ میں ڈنڈا لیے، میکھلا سے بندھا ہوا۔ اس کے سارے اعضاء بھسم سے لتھڑے تھے؛ وہ عظیم نور والا اور سہ چشم تھا۔
Narrator (a devotee/traveler) to a King (rājan)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha vicinity
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (unspecified)
Scene: A formidable ascetic stands by the river: matted locks, kamaṇḍalu, staff, waist-cord; body smeared with ash; a subtle third eye glows—suggesting Śiva-incarnation or a mahāyogin.
The Lord may appear in austere ascetic form; recognizing divinity in simplicity and tapas is central to Purāṇic devotion.
The episode occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape; the specific tīrtha is not named in this verse.
None directly, though ash (bhasma) and ascetic emblems evoke Śaiva devotional culture.