पितृकाननसंवासं शूलिनं च कपालिनम् । द्विजिह्वसंगसुभगं जलाधारं कपर्दिनम्
pitṛkānanasaṃvāsaṃ śūlinaṃ ca kapālinam | dvijihvasaṃgasubhagaṃ jalādhāraṃ kapardinam
وہ جو پِتروں کے جنگل میں بستا ہے، نیزۂ ثلاثہ (شول) بردار اور کاسۂ کھوپڑی بردار؛ دو زبانی سانپوں کی سنگت سے درخشاں، گنگا کو دھارنے والا، جٹا دھاری ربّ۔
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kāśī-śmaśāna (symbolic within Kāśī-kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Scene: Śiva as Śūlin and Kapālin, adorned with serpents, bearing Gaṅgā in his matted locks; backdrop evokes a ‘forest of the Fathers’—a cremation-ground grove with sacred stillness.
Śiva sanctifies what the world fears—death, serpents, and ascetic austerity—turning them into signs of liberation.
The imagery resonates with Kāśī’s śmaśāna (cremation-ground) spirituality, though no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None; it lists Śiva’s ascetic and cosmic emblems.