लिङ्गं च तापसाभीष्टं भस्मदण्डजटाजिनम् । अङ्गेन सन्ध्याभ्ररुचा चन्द्रलेखां च बिभ्रतम् ॥ ३६ ॥
lingam ca tapasabhistam bhasma-danda-jatajinam angena sandhyabhra-ruca candra-lekham ca bibhratam
- lingam
- symptom
- ca
- and
- tapasa-abhistam
- desired by Saivite ascetics
- bhasma
- ashes
- danda
- staff
- jata
- matted hair
- ajinam
- antelope skin
- angena
- with his body
- sandhya-abhra
- reddish
- ruca
- colored
- candra-lekham
- the crest of a half-moon
- ca
- and
- bibhratam
- bearing.
He was seated on a deerskin and was practicing all forms of austerity. Because his body was smeared with ashes, he looked like an evening cloud. On his hair was the sign of a half-moon, a symbolic representation.