धूर्धूर्जटिजटासंस्था धन्या धीर्धारणावती । नंदा निर्वाणजननी नंदिनी नुन्नपातका
dhūrdhūrjaṭijaṭāsaṃsthā dhanyā dhīrdhāraṇāvatī | naṃdā nirvāṇajananī naṃdinī nunnapātakā
وہ مہاتپسوی شِو کی جٹاؤں میں بسی رہتی ہے؛ وہ مبارک، دانا، اور باطنی یکسوئی کی قوت سے آراستہ ہے۔ وہ نندا ہے—نروان کو جنم دینے والی ماں؛ وہ نندنی ہے، جو گناہوں کو دھکیل کر مٹا دیتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Śiva-jaṭā-sambandhinī) in Kāśī/Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as the great ascetic with towering jaṭā, Gaṅgā emerging as a luminous stream from his locks; below, Kāśī ghāṭas with pilgrims; Gaṅgā as Nandā/Nandinī blessing devotees, a dark demon of sin fleeing; a subtle lotus of nirvāṇa opening above the water.
Union with the Śaiva divine and steady inner concentration culminate in liberation; the Goddess is praised as the source of nirvāṇa and the destroyer of sin.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s praise of the sacred realm where Śiva and Śakti are intimately present—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Dhāraṇā (concentration) is highlighted as a yogic practice; no detailed external ritual is specified.