चंद्रकांतशिलासुप्तकृष्णैणहरितोडुपम् । तरुप्रकीर्णकुसुम जितस्वर्लोकतारकम् । दर्शयन्नित्थमाक्रीडं देव्यै देवोविशद्वनम्
caṃdrakāṃtaśilāsuptakṛṣṇaiṇaharitoḍupam | taruprakīrṇakusuma jitasvarlokatārakam | darśayannitthamākrīḍaṃ devyai devoviśadvanam
এইদৰে দেৱে দেৱীক সেই ক্ৰীড়া-উপবন দেখুৱালে—চন্দ্ৰকান্ত শিলাৰ ওপৰত সেউজীয়া তৰাৰ দৰে দীপ্তি, যেন ক’লা হৰিণ তাত শুই আছে; গছৰ ফুল চাৰিওফালে ছিটিকি পৰি স্বৰ্গলোকৰ তৰাবোৰকো জয় কৰা জ্যোতিৰে—সেই নিৰ্মল, পবিত্ৰ বন উজ্জ্বল আছিল।
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva (Deva) leads Devī into a clear radiant forest: moonstone slabs gleam like greenish star-points; they resemble dark antelopes asleep; blossoms carpet the ground; the grove’s light seems to outshine the stars of heaven.
Kāśī’s sanctity is so great that it is depicted as surpassing heaven itself; devotion is strengthened by contemplating the divine presence pervading the land.
A luminous ‘ākrīḍa’ (divine pleasure-grove) within the sacred sphere of Kāśī, presented in a Śiva–Devī context.
No direct ritual is specified; the verse is a climactic glorification of the sacred forest’s radiance and divinity.