दधानं चोरसा मालां विशालां हेमनिर्मिताम् । ईषत्स्मितं सुबिंबोष्ठं नूपुरारावशोभितम्
dadhānaṃ corasā mālāṃ viśālāṃ hemanirmitām | īṣatsmitaṃ subiṃboṣṭhaṃ nūpurārāvaśobhitam
Auf ihrer Brust trug sie eine breite, aus Gold gefertigte Girlande; mit einem leisen Lächeln und Lippen wie die reife Bimba-Frucht erstrahlte sie im süßen Klang ihrer Fußspangen (Nūpura).
Narrator (contextual; likely Sārasvata continuing the narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Close, sensuous iconographic detail: a broad golden garland across the chest, a faint smile, ripe bimba-like lips, and anklets whose sweet sound enhances her radiance.
Divine beauty is presented as a doorway to devotion—darśana (sacred sight) awakens reverence and steadies the mind toward worship.
The verse occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), framing the Goddess’s appearance as part of the sacred-place glorification.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a dhyāna-oriented description supporting contemplative visualization of the Devī.
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