रहस्यं परिविज्ञाय क्षेत्रस्य शशिमौलिनः । अगस्त्यो निश्चितमनाः शिवध्यानपरोभवत्
rahasyaṃ parivijñāya kṣetrasya śaśimaulinaḥ | agastyo niścitamanāḥ śivadhyānaparobhavat
Ayant pleinement saisi le secret du kṣetra du Seigneur au croissant de lune, Agastya—l’esprit fermement résolu—se voua entièrement à la méditation sur Śiva.
Vyāsa (continuing narrative frame)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (Śaśimauli’s kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya, having comprehended Kāśī’s secret, sits in firm meditation on Śiva—moon-crested, serene, luminous—while the sacred city fades into a contemplative backdrop.
Knowing the inner ‘secret’ of a holy place culminates in focused devotion—Śiva-meditation—rather than mere travel.
The kṣetra of Śiva in the Kāśī narrative framework—Kāśī as a Śiva-kṣetra with an esoteric rahasya.
No external rite is specified; the practice emphasized is Śiva-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva).