अथ तद्भगवाञ्च्छंभुर्ज्ञात्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा । रेतोऽवस्कन्दनात्तस्य कोपादेतदुवाच ह
atha tadbhagavāñcchaṃbhurjñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā | reto'vaskandanāttasya kopādetaduvāca ha
Bấy giờ, Bhagavān Śambhu (Śiva) dùng thiên nhãn thấy rõ việc ấy, nổi giận vì hành vi làm tinh dịch rơi xuống, rồi cất lời như sau.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, radiant and formidable, turns his gaze upon the concealed spot; the sand seems to glow from within as his awareness pierces concealment; his posture signals impending speech.
Divine law is not bypassed by secrecy; the Lord witnesses and corrects adharma.
The episode forms the etiological background for the tīrtha later known as Rudraśiraḥ in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it introduces Śiva’s forthcoming instruction on prāyaścitta.
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