संसारबंधविच्छित्तिमपि यच्छति सार्चिता । गणना शृंखलादीनां का च तस्याः समर्चनात्
saṃsārabaṃdhavicchittimapi yacchati sārcitā | gaṇanā śṛṃkhalādīnāṃ kā ca tasyāḥ samarcanāt
Wird Sie mit gebührender Ehrfurcht verehrt, gewährt Sie sogar das Durchtrennen der Bande des weltlichen Daseins. Was braucht man da noch geringere Früchte—wie das Lösen von Ketten und dergleichen—zu zählen, wenn man Sie recht verehrt hat?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A serene Kāśī shrine scene: the Devī being worshipped with lamps and flowers; subtle imagery of broken chains dissolving into light, signifying saṃsāra-bandha-viccheda.
True worship aimed at the Divine in Kāśī culminates in mokṣa—freedom from saṃsāra—making lesser boons insignificant.
Kāśī as a liberating kṣetra, through the presence and worship of the local tīrtha-devī.
Samarcana—proper devotional worship (arcana) of the Goddess associated with the Kāśī sacred geography.