महानियमवान्नंदिस्त्वगस्थिस्नायु शेषितः । तमिहानय मद्भक्तं मद्दर्शन दृढव्रतम्
mahāniyamavānnaṃdistvagasthisnāyu śeṣitaḥ | tamihānaya madbhaktaṃ maddarśana dṛḍhavratam
“نندی، وہ بڑے ضبط و ریاضت والا ہے؛ بس کھال، ہڈی اور پٹھے ہی باقی رہ گئے ہیں۔ میرے اس بھکت کو یہاں لے آ، جو میرے درشن کے لیے اپنے ورت میں ثابت قدم ہے۔”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Jaigīṣavya’s cave-abode (Śailāda)
Type: cave
Listener: Nandī
Scene: Śiva speaks to Nandī, gesturing toward the cave’s direction. A vision-like inset shows Jaigīṣavya: a skeletal ascetic, skin stretched over bones, seated immobile with closed eyes, rudrākṣa and ash, radiating quiet power.
Steadfast vows and self-restraint aimed at divine darśana are honored by Śiva and culminate in grace.
The narrative remains tied to Śailāda’s cave-dwelling ascetic within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework.
The instruction to bring the ascetic before Śiva for darśana, implying the fruition of a long vrata.