पिंगाक्ष महिषग्रीव महोग्रात्युग्रविग्रह । क्रूराक्ष क्रोधनाक्रंद संक्रंदन महाभय
piṃgākṣa mahiṣagrīva mahogrātyugravigraha | krūrākṣa krodhanākraṃda saṃkraṃdana mahābhaya
হে পিঙ্গাক্ষ, হে মহিষগ্রীব, অতিশয় উগ্র ও ভয়ংকর রূপধারী! হে ক্রূরাক্ষ, ক্রোধে গর্জনকারী—হে সংক্রন্দন, মহাভয়!
Daitya-puṅgavaḥ (deduced from continuation of vocative address)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims seeking kṣetra procedures (contextual)
Scene: A tawny-eyed, buffalo-necked, roaring guardian figure—identified as Saṃkrandana—stands with flaring nostrils and wrathful gaze, as devotees chant from a safe distance near a shrine wall; the atmosphere is charged, yet devotional.
Fierce names and forms dramatize the forces opposed to dharma, heightening the purāṇic message of divine victory.
Not specified in this verse; the setting remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered narrative.
None.