O exalted one, O Shankara, you should pardon my fault. It was to get a sight of yourself that I came to this great mountain.
व्यतिक्रमं मे भगवन् क्षन्तुमर्हसि शंकर। भगवन् दर्शनाकाक्षी प्राप्तोऽस्मीमं महागिरिम्॥