काश्यपेयाय वज्रांगतनयाय महात्मने । रुद्रभक्ताय सतिलमक्षय्योदकमस्त्विति
kāśyapeyāya vajrāṃgatanayāya mahātmane | rudrabhaktāya satilamakṣayyodakamastviti
“Dành cho Kāśyapeya, cho bậc đại hồn là con của Vajrāṅga, cho người sùng kính Rudra—nguyện lễ hiến thủy bất tận này, kèm hạt mè, được an lập,” Ngài tuyên cáo như vậy.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative mode)
Tirtha: Śakticchidra (in Kapāleśvara-sānnidhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (contextually present in the surrounding passage)
Scene: A devotee at a Śaiva tīrtha, hands cupped, pouring water mixed with sesame while uttering a formal dedication to a Rudra-bhakta recipient; Kapāleśvara liṅga and a nearby Devī shrine suggested in the background.
Offerings made with devotion to Rudra, especially sesame-water libations, are praised as enduring and spiritually fruitful.
The ongoing tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 33, centered on the Śaiva sacred geography around Kapāleśvara/Śakticchidra and Pātāla-Gaṅgā.
Akṣayya-udaka: offering water with sesame (tila) as a lasting libation for a revered recipient/devotee.