खट्वांगी पंचवक्त्रश्च दशबाहुस्त्रिलोचनः । गंगाधरो वृषारूढो भूतप्रेतादिवेष्टितः
khaṭvāṃgī paṃcavaktraśca daśabāhustrilocanaḥ | gaṃgādharo vṛṣārūḍho bhūtapretādiveṣṭitaḥ
وہ کھٹوانگ (کھوپڑی دار عصا) دھارَن کرنے والا، پانچ چہروں والا، دس بازوؤں والا، سہ چشم؛ گنگا کو دھارَن کیے ہوئے، وِرشبھ پر سوار، اور بھوت پریت وغیرہ کے گنوں سے گھِرا ہوا تھا۔
Vyāsa (continued narration)
Tirtha: Bhūtanātha/Śiva-darśana-sthāna in Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (royal listener)
Scene: Śiva in a grand, fearsome-yet-auspicious manifestation: five faces, ten arms holding varied weapons/attributes (unspecified), three eyes blazing; Gaṅgā flowing from matted hair; seated on Nandi; surrounded by bhūtas and pretas in attendance.
Śiva’s all-encompassing sovereignty is praised—He is both ascetic and cosmic Lord, attended by all orders of beings.
This description belongs to the Indrasara/Indreśvara tīrtha narrative within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription is stated; the verse provides a dhyāna-like depiction supporting devotion and tīrtha-māhātmya.