त्वमंत्यभूषां कुरु काशिवासिनां गले सुनीलां भुजगेंद्र कंकणाम् । भालेसु नेत्रां करिकृत्तिवाससं वामेक्षणालक्षित वामभागाम्
tvamaṃtyabhūṣāṃ kuru kāśivāsināṃ gale sunīlāṃ bhujageṃdra kaṃkaṇām | bhālesu netrāṃ karikṛttivāsasaṃ vāmekṣaṇālakṣita vāmabhāgām
आप काशीवासियों के लिए अंतिम और परम भूषण बनें—जिनका कंठ गहन नील है, जिनकी भुजाओं में भुजंगराज कंकण है, जिनके भाल पर नेत्र विराजता है, जो गजचर्म-वसन धारण करते हैं, और जिनका वामभाग वामदेवी की दृष्टि से चिह्नित है।
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.
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