A girdle is encircled around His loins and hips, and He stands on the lotus of His devotee's heart. His appearance is most charming, and His serene bearing delights the eyes and souls of the devotees who contemplate Him.

The Lord is eternally blessed with indescribable beauty, and He is worthy of the worship of the inhabitants of all the planets. His youth is eternal, and He is ever eager to bestow His blessings on His devotees.

The glories of the Lord are always worth singing, for they enhance the glories of His devotees. Therefore, one should meditate on the Supreme Lord as well as on His devotees; one should meditate on His eternal Form until the mind becomes stable.

Thus constantly absorbed in devotional service, the spiritualist sees the Lord standing, reclining, sitting before him or moving about, for His pastimes are always wonderful and attractive.

When fixing his mind on the eternal Form of the Lord, the spiritualist should not gaze upon the whole of His Body, but should rather focus his thoughts on each separate part of His Form.

The devotee should first concentrate his mind on the lotus feet of the Lord, marked with the signs of the lightning, the mahout's staff, the banner and the lotus flower. The splendour of their nails, like wonderful rubies, recalls the curved line of the moon and dispels the dense darkness of the heart.

Already blessed, Siva is all the more blessed because he carries on his head the sacred waters of the Ganges, which originates from the water that has bathed the lotus feet of the Lord. Now, these feet act like lightning, which shatters with its repeated blows the mountain of sins accumulated in the mind of the meditating devotee. Therefore, one should meditate for a long time on the lotus feet of the Lord.

The spiritualist should also fix in his heart the activities of Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, who receives the worship of all celestial beings and who is the mother of Brahma, the supreme being in this world. She can always be seen massaging the legs and thighs of the Absolute Lord, thus serving Him with care.

The spiritualist should then absorb his mind in meditation on the thighs of the Supreme Lord, which represent the source of all energy. These are of a snowy blue, comparable to the luster of the flax flower, and they appear even more graceful when the Lord is mounted on Garuda. The spiritualist should also contemplate His rounded hips, which are girded with a belt resting on the exquisite yellow silk cloth reaching down to His ankles.