विटंकवेशो जटिलो वृषगोव्यालभूषणः । परं ब्रह्मत्वमापन्नः क्व च तत्संगवर्जितम्
viṭaṃkaveśo jaṭilo vṛṣagovyālabhūṣaṇaḥ | paraṃ brahmatvamāpannaḥ kva ca tatsaṃgavarjitam
Mang những trang sức kỳ lạ, tóc bện thành jata, trang nghiêm bởi bò đực, bò cái và rắn—Ngài làm sao đạt địa vị Phạm Thiên tối thượng (Brahman), mà vẫn hoàn toàn lìa mọi dính mắc?
Two ritual-focused interlocutors in the narrative (implied; not explicitly named)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembly of sages (implied)
Scene: Two interlocutors gaze upon Śiva’s paradoxical appearance—matted locks, serpents, bull and cow emblems—voicing a philosophical doubt about how such a form can be Supreme Brahman yet free of attachment.
True realization is compatible with unconventional outer forms; the mark of the Supreme is inner freedom from attachment.
Set within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, supporting the Śaiva vision central to Kāśī Māhātmya; no specific site is named here.
None; the verse is theological reflection on Śiva’s nature and detachment.