Begins: fol. 1b

nandikeśvarakṛtā kāśikā ṭīkā samālikhyate //

oṃ namaḥ śivāya devāya sarvajñāya parātmane //

yasyonmeṣanimeṣābhyāṃ vyaktāvyaktam idaṃ jagat //1//

śrīśaṃ guruṃ kumāraṃ ca śaivatattvaviśāradaṃ //

praṇamya nandikeśādīn śivabhaktān muhurmuhuḥ //2//

śrīśaṅkaram iti pāṭḥāntaraṃ //

kāśikām ādisūtrāṇāṃ nandikeśakṛtāṃ śubhāṃ//

lokopakāriṇīṃ divyāṃ vyākaromi yathāmati //3//