गुटिकासिद्धिदा काचित्काचिदंजनसिद्धिदा । धातुवादविदग्धान्या पादुकासिद्धिदा परा
guṭikāsiddhidā kācitkācidaṃjanasiddhidā | dhātuvādavidagdhānyā pādukāsiddhidā parā
L’une accordait l’accomplissement de la guṭikā-siddhi ; une autre conférait la añjana-siddhi. Une autre était experte en doctrine alchimique, et une autre encore dispensait la pādukā-siddhi.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame, not explicit in verse)
Scene: A sequence of vignettes: a woman offering a consecrated guṭikā pill; another applying mystical añjana to the eyes; an alchemist demonstrating dhātu-vāda with metals; another presenting enchanted pādukās.
Extraordinary powers are acknowledged as present in the sacred city’s narrative world, yet the larger Kāśī-māhātmya typically subordinates such siddhis to liberation-oriented dharma.
Kāśī-kṣetra generally; no specific tīrtha is named.
None; the verse lists siddhis without teaching a method.