तस्य तं वीक्षमाणस्य संजाताः पावकार्चिषः । ताभिः स धनुषा युक्तो भस्मसात्समपद्यत
tasya taṃ vīkṣamāṇasya saṃjātāḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ | tābhiḥ sa dhanuṣā yukto bhasmasātsamapadyata
তাঁর দৃষ্টিতে অগ্নিশিখা উদ্ভূত হল। সেই শিখায় সে—ধনুক হাতে রেখেই—ভস্মীভূত হয়ে গেল।
Sūta (deduced)
Listener: देवी/पार्वती
Scene: शिव की दृष्टि से अग्नि-शिखाएँ निकलतीं; कामदेव धनुष पकड़े हुए ही अग्नि से घिरकर भस्म हो जाता; राख के कण व ज्वाला-रेखाएँ
Desire, even when divinized, is powerless before the fire of awakened consciousness; restraint and insight are central to dharma.
The act is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya sequence that culminates in Śiva’s abiding at Prabhāsa.
None; it narrates the decisive event of Kāma’s burning.