स वृषेंद्रगतिर्देवो भस्मोरग विभूषणः । महापितृवनावासो दिग्वासाः क्वास्ति संप्रति
sa vṛṣeṃdragatirdevo bhasmoraga vibhūṣaṇaḥ | mahāpitṛvanāvāso digvāsāḥ kvāsti saṃprati
وہ خدا، جس کی سواری سردارِ گاؤں (ورشبھ) ہے، جو بھسم اور ناگوں سے آراستہ ہے، جو مہاپِترون کے جنگل میں بستا اور سمتوں کو ہی لباس بناتا ہے—وہ اب کہاں ہے؟
Menā (continuing her address)
Tirtha: Mahāpitr̥vana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A seeker questions Śiva’s whereabouts: the ash-smeared, serpent-adorned, sky-clad Lord with Nandin as mount, associated with the ancestral great forest of Kāśī; atmosphere of dusk and searching.
Śiva is remembered as the ascetic Lord beyond convention—ash-clad, serpent-adorned, sky-robed—yet still the refuge sought in times of uncertainty.
No single tīrtha is directly glorified; the verse alludes to Śiva’s dwelling places (notably a ‘Pitṛ-forest’ setting).
None explicitly; bhasma is referenced iconographically rather than as a stated rite.