मदर्थं तत्र यो दद्याद्दुकूलानि शुचीन्यहो । माल्यानि सुविचित्राणि यक्षकर्दमवंति च
madarthaṃ tatra yo dadyāddukūlāni śucīnyaho | mālyāni suvicitrāṇi yakṣakardamavaṃti ca
जो वहाँ मेरे लिए स्वच्छ वस्त्र अर्पित करता है, तथा अत्यन्त विचित्र पुष्पमालाएँ और यक्षों के योग्य सुगन्धित लेप भी चढ़ाता है।
Śiva
Tirtha: Śṛṅgāra-maṇḍapa (offering spot)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience in Kāśī-māhātmya frame
Scene: A devotee presents folded white cloth, bright garlands, and fragrant paste before Śiva’s sacred seat/maṇḍapa; attendants arrange offerings; the air is perfumed and calm.
Devotional giving (dāna/upacāra) in a sacred place becomes a direct act of worship that attracts divine grace.
The worship-zone associated with Śiva’s palace/pavilions in Kāśī’s sacred topography (as described in this adhyāya).
Offering clean garments, beautiful garlands, and fragrant unguents as pūjā-upacāras for Śiva.