विचित्रेण महादेवि लेखकेन यमस्य च । तपः कृत्वा महारौद्रं लिंगं तत्र प्रतिष्ठितम्
vicitreṇa mahādevi lekhakena yamasya ca | tapaḥ kṛtvā mahāraudraṃ liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhitam
Hỡi Đại Nữ Thần, do Vicitra—thư lại của Yama—sau khi tu khổ hạnh, đã an vị tại đó một liṅga Mahāraudra vô cùng uy mãnh.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vicitreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Vicitra, depicted as a divine scribe with manuscript and stylus, performs severe austerities near the river; a fierce, radiant liṅga (mahāraudra) is installed with flames/tejas aura and attendant gaṇas.
Austerity and righteous effort can consecrate sacred space; even cosmic officials like Yama’s scribe participate in Śiva’s sanctifying order.
Vicitreśvara (the mahāraudra liṅga) at Prabhāsa Kṣetra near Hiraṇyā-tīra.
No direct prescription; the verse explains the shrine’s establishment through tapas and pratiṣṭhā.