घनटंककरा देवी भक्तबंधनभेदिनी । कं कं न पूरयेत्कामं तीर्थराजसमीपगा
ghanaṭaṃkakarā devī bhaktabaṃdhanabhedinī | kaṃ kaṃ na pūrayetkāmaṃ tīrtharājasamīpagā
घन टंक (भारी कुल्हाड़ी) धारण करने वाली, भक्तों के बन्धन काटने वाली देवी—तीर्थराज के समीप निवास करने वाली—किसकी कामना पूर्ण नहीं करेंगी?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Tīrtha-rāja vicinity (Gaṅgā / principal Kāśī tīrtha zone)
Type: ghat
Scene: A powerful goddess near a grand river-tīrtha: she holds a heavy axe (ṭaṅka), stands poised yet benevolent; broken shackles lie at her feet; the river and ghāṭs glow behind.
In Kāśī, the local Devī is praised as both protector and liberator—granting boons while cutting devotees’ bondage.
A Devī-sthāna located near ‘Tīrtharāja’ (the preeminent tīrtha within Kāśī’s sacred landscape).
Implicit encouragement of Devī-pūjā at the site near Tīrtharāja to obtain kāma-siddhi and bondage-release.