प्रेतावासेषु घोरेषु प्रेतैर्भूतगणैर्वृत: । अटत्युन्मत्तवन्नग्नो व्युप्तकेशो हसन् रुदन् ॥ १४ ॥ चिताभस्मकृतस्नान: प्रेतस्रङ्न्रस्थिभूषण: । शिवापदेशो ह्यशिवो मत्तो मत्तजनप्रिय: । पति: प्रमथनाथानां तमोमात्रात्मकात्मनाम् ॥ १५ ॥
pretavasesu ghoresu pretair bhuta-ganair vrtah ataty unmattavan nagno vyupta-keso hasan rudan cita-bhasma-krta-snanah preta-sran-nrasthi-bhusanah sivapadeso hy asivo matto matta-jana-priyah patih pramatha-nathanam tamo-matratmakatmanam
- preta-avasesu
- at the burning places of dead bodies
- ghoresu
- horrible
- pretaih
- by the Pretas
- bhuta-ganaih
- by the Bhutas
- vrtah
- accompanied by
- atati
- he wanders
- unmatta-vat
- like a madman
- nagnah
- naked
- vyupta-kesah
- having scattered hair
- hasan
- laughing
- rudan
- crying
- cita
- of the funeral pyre
- bhasma
- with the ashes
- krta-snanah
- taking bath
- preta
- of the skulls of dead bodies
- srak
- having a garland
- nr-asthi-bhusanah
- ornamented with dead men’s bones
- siva-apadesah
- who is siva, or auspicious, only in name
- hi
- for
- asivah
- inauspicious
- mattah
- crazy
- matta-jana-priyah
- very dear to the crazy beings
- patih
- the leader
- pramatha-nathanam
- of the lords of the Pramathas
- tamah-matra-atmaka-atmanam
- of those grossly in the mode of ignorance
He lives in filthy places like crematoriums, and his companions are the ghosts and demons. Naked like a madman, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, he smears crematorium ashes all over his body. He does not bathe regularly, and he ornaments his body with a garland of skulls and bones. Therefore only in name is he siva, or auspicious; actually, he is the most mad and inauspicious creature. Thus he is very dear to crazy beings in the gross mode of ignorance, and he is their leader.