वीरभद्र किराताख्य चतुर्मुख निकुंभक । पंचाक्षभारभूताख्य त्र्यक्ष क्षेमक लांगलिन्
vīrabhadra kirātākhya caturmukha nikuṃbhaka | paṃcākṣabhārabhūtākhya tryakṣa kṣemaka lāṃgalin
—Vīrabhadra, Kirātākhya, Caturmukha, Nikuṃbhaka, Pañcākṣa, Bhārabhūtākhya, Tryakṣa, Kṣemaka und Lāṅgalin—
Narrator (within Skanda-to-Agastya frame, attributed to Skanda)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A martial procession of gaṇas: Vīrabhadra at the fore, a kirāta-hunter figure, a four-faced guardian, pot-bellied nikuṃbha-like being, and three-eyed forms—standing at gateways and crossroads of Kāśī.
Śiva’s sacred city is safeguarded by many manifestations of power and duty; divine protection is multi-formed and ever-ready.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī, for whose affairs Śiva mobilizes even formidable attendants like Vīrabhadra.
None; it continues the narrative roll-call of Gaṇas.