दर्भादिभिः परिवृतं मध्यपद्मार्कमंडलम् । सोममण्डलमध्यस्थं ध्यायेद्वै वह्निमंडलम्
darbhādibhiḥ parivṛtaṃ madhyapadmārkamaṃḍalam | somamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ dhyāyedvai vahnimaṃḍalam
دربھا وغیرہ سے گھرا ہوا، درمیان میں کنول کی مانند سورَیَ منڈل کا تصور کرے؛ اور چندر منڈل کے مرکز میں آگنی منڈل کا دھیان کرے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: King (nṛpa) implied in nearby verses of the sequence
Scene: A sanctum interior where the worshipper’s mind projects concentric maṇḍalas: a lotus-solar disc ringed with darbha, a cool lunar disc within, and a radiant fire-disc at the core, hovering above a liṅga altar.
Worship aligns the devotee with cosmic principles—sun, moon, and fire—internalized through disciplined visualization.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on the meditative framework used in Shaiva ritual.
Perform maṇḍala-dhyāna: visualize solar, lunar, and fiery circles arranged in the prescribed inner order.