दुरोदरघ्नी दावार्चिर्द्रवद्रव्यैकशेवधिः । दीनसंतापशमनी दात्री दवथुवैरिणी
durodaraghnī dāvārcirdravadravyaikaśevadhiḥ | dīnasaṃtāpaśamanī dātrī davathuvairiṇī
تُهلك الشقاء والخراب؛ وتتوهّج كحريق الغابة على الشر. هي كنزٌ فريد للثروة والموارد الجارية؛ تُسكّن آلام الفقراء والمبتلين، وهي المعطية السخية، وعدوّة الحُمّى المحرقة والعذاب.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Listener: Purāṇa audience
Scene: Gaṅgā as fierce protective flame against evil yet tenderly blessing the poor; on the ghāṭa, devotees distribute food and coins; a fevered sufferer is soothed by sacred water.
Divine grace is portrayed as both protective and restorative—removing misfortune, easing poverty, and dispelling affliction.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s praise-context, linking the Goddess’s beneficence to Kāśī’s sacred field.
No explicit ritual is stated; the theme supports dāna (giving) and compassionate support of the distressed.