त्वमंत्यभूषां कुरु काशिवासिनां गले सुनीलां भुजगेंद्र कंकणाम् । भालेसु नेत्रां करिकृत्तिवाससं वामेक्षणालक्षित वामभागाम्
tvamaṃtyabhūṣāṃ kuru kāśivāsināṃ gale sunīlāṃ bhujageṃdra kaṃkaṇām | bhālesu netrāṃ karikṛttivāsasaṃ vāmekṣaṇālakṣita vāmabhāgām
Become the final and supreme adornment of the residents of Kāśī—You whose throat is deep blue, whose bracelets are the lordly serpent, whose forehead bears the Eye, who is clad in elephant-hide, and whose left side is marked by the glance of the Goddess on Your left.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva is visualized in full iconographic splendor: blue throat, serpent-bracelets, third eye, elephant-hide garment, with Umā’s loving glance marking his left side; Kāśī devotees look on as if their city is crowned by him.
For the Kāśī-vāsī, the highest beauty is not worldly ornament but constant belonging to Śiva.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), portrayed as the city whose inhabitants seek Śiva as their ultimate treasure.
No explicit rite; the verse implies bhakti through continual remembrance and seeking Śiva’s presence.