जज्वालेंगलसंस्पर्शो द्विजस्तत्कंठकंदलीम् । प्राक्प्रविष्टानथो तार्क्ष्यो निषादानौदरीं दरीम्
jajvāleṃgalasaṃsparśo dvijastatkaṃṭhakaṃdalīm | prākpraviṣṭānatho tārkṣyo niṣādānaudarīṃ darīm
Le Brahmane, brûlant au contact, incendia le tunnel de la gorge. Pendant ce temps, Tarkshya avait déjà fait entrer les Nishadas dans la caverne de son ventre.
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Type: cave
Scene: Within a red-gold throat-tunnel, a brāhmaṇa figure glows with heat, flames licking the cavern walls; above, Garuḍa’s vast form implied; swallowed Niṣādas shown as silhouettes in the belly-cave.
Spiritual merit and dharma generate protective power; the righteous cannot be casually harmed without consequence.
The episode sits within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s glorification of dharma; it does not directly name a Kāśī shrine or ghāṭa.
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