Siddhamuni told Namdharak that he would narrate to him one ancedote regarding who was a great devotee of Guru Nath. His name was Tantuku. Tantuku used to come Guru Nath daily for Darshan. He used to sweep and clean the precincts of the Math everyday. A little before Shivaratri, people were setting out on a pilgrimage to Sri Sailam for Lord Malikarjna's (Jyotirlinga) Darshan. Tantuku's parents also decided to go and they wanted their son also to accompany them. Tantuku knew that Guru Nath was Lord Mallikarjuna and, therefore, there was no need at all for him or anybody to go all the way to Srisailam for the Lord's Darshan. The parents could not prevail upon him to join the pilgrimage party and the son stayed behind, while all his relations and parents went.

On the Holy Shivaratri Day, as usual, the weaver took his bath in the Sangam and came to the Math for the Darshan of Guru Nath. Guru Nath asked him why he did not go to Srisailam along with His people. The weaver said that his Srisailam was Gangapur only and Guru Nath was his Malikarjuna. Guru Nath was pleased with the weaver's devotion and faith. He asked him to sit near him and to keep his eyes closed. No sooner than Tantuku did this, he found himself at the foot of the Srisailam mountain and with Guru Nath by his side. Guru Nath asked him to go and take his bath in the Holy Patala-Ganga river and thereafter perform the ritualistic Vidhis and visit the temple for JyotirLinga Darshan.

As he walked down the river, he found his parents and relations there. They were surprised to see him; the parents rebuked him saying that he could have as well come along with them instead of deciding to come all alone later. The weaver told them that he did not come by himself there, but it was Guru Nath's will and Grace that brought him there. They did not take his reply seriously. After the bath when he went into the temple, he found Guru Nath only in the place of the Jyotirlinga. Guru Nath was seated in the place of the Linga, and was accepting all offerings made by the devotees and was receiving the unending Abhisheka. The weaver's ecstasy knew no bounds for having had the Darshan of His Guru Nath on the Holy Shivaratri day in the sacred Jyotirlinga-Shrine of Srisailam, which is the Lord's eternal abode.

The weaver then fell at the feet of Guru Nath and pleaded with him to enlighten him on Srisaila-Stana Mahima. Guru Nath told him that in the Skanda Purana the Srisai-Parvatha was described, which he would recount to him.

In the Kirat desha, there lived a king named Vimarsan. He was a valiant person. He made many conquests and was always victorious. But, he was a very sensuous person. He lacked moral rectitude. But even so, he had one saving virtue, that was his devotion to Lord Shiva. Every month on the monthly Shivaratri day (Masa-Shivaratri), he used to do the 'Jagarana ', i.e., keeping awake the whole night worshipping Shiva. On other days, he used to mostly enjoy himself with women, music and dance. His wife Kumudvati was a very pious lady. She was always worried about her husband's licentious nature. She always tried to persuade him that he should change his mode of life. She used to tell him that while he professed his devotion to Shiva, his behavior and conduct were most unbecoming of a devotee. She told him that she was at a loss to understand how with such a sensuous and indulgent nature, he ever came to cherish devotion to Shiva at all. Thereupon the king started narrating the account of his previous life.

In his previous birth, he was a dog wandering in the streets of the city of Pampa. On one Shivaratri day, curious to know what was happening inside the temple where thousands of people were going in, he also went in. He was also hoping that he would be able to get something to eat there and ally his hunger. As soon as he entered the precincts, the people there took hold of a stick to drive him out. The dog started running, but inside the temple compound itself. While being chased, it ran around the main temple of the shrine three times. While running it could glimpse the holy shrine inside where Shivratri Puja was being performed. But it got a good beating. Not being able to get anything to eat, it had to go without food that night. Because of the severe beating it received, and added to it, due to hunger, the dog died. But the merit which it got through the Darshan of the Puja, the Pradakshinas and the fast it underwent, although unknowingly and with the least intention, resulted in its being born as a King in the next life. But he was not able to shed the habits (Samskaras) that characterised his previous life as a dog. If he as a dog had done the prdakshina and a fast with a little understanding at least, he would have been able to shed the 'dog-vasanas', completely and would not have had his wayward and sensuous mind in this life.

The queen asked the king if he could divine what her previous birth was and let her know about it. The king told her that she was a pigeon in her previous birth. One day she saw a large piece of meat lying on the ground. She picked it up in her beak. While she was flying in the sky with it. a kite saw it and started chasing her. The pigeon started flying with all it's strength, and in the process of being chased and in it's flight for escape from the kite, it happened to fly around the Srisaila Parvata three times. In the end, however, the kite caught hold of it and killed it and then ate it up. But because of the three Pradakshina which she happened to do, though unintentionally, the pigeon earned great merit and was born as a queen in this life. The queen was very keen to know if the king could tell her how her future birth would be. The king told her about that also. He said that both of them, after a few more births as king and queen, would be attaining salvation and would be free from the cycle of birth and death forever.

Guru Nath told the weaver about the Shivaratri Mahima thus, at the holy Srisailam itself. Guru Nath asked the weaver to touch His Padukas and then close his eyes. No sooner than the weaver did this, he was back in the Math at Gangapur and seated in the presence of Guru Nath.

Thus ends the Forty Fourth chapter of Sri Guru Charitra describing "Srisaila Mahima".

Glory to the all merciful, the Omnipresent and the ever responsive Guru Nath.