चंद्रकांतशिलासुप्तकृष्णैणहरितोडुपम् । तरुप्रकीर्णकुसुम जितस्वर्लोकतारकम् । दर्शयन्नित्थमाक्रीडं देव्यै देवोविशद्वनम्
caṃdrakāṃtaśilāsuptakṛṣṇaiṇaharitoḍupam | taruprakīrṇakusuma jitasvarlokatārakam | darśayannitthamākrīḍaṃ devyai devoviśadvanam
かくして神は女神に、その歓楽の林を示した。月光石(チャンドラカーンタ)の石板は青緑の星のごとく輝き、まるで黒き羚羊がその上に眠るかのよう。樹々は花を四方に散らし、天界の星すら凌ぐ光を放つ――その森は澄みわたり、聖なる輝きに満ちていた。
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva (Deva) leads Devī into a clear radiant forest: moonstone slabs gleam like greenish star-points; they resemble dark antelopes asleep; blossoms carpet the ground; the grove’s light seems to outshine the stars of heaven.
Kāśī’s sanctity is so great that it is depicted as surpassing heaven itself; devotion is strengthened by contemplating the divine presence pervading the land.
A luminous ‘ākrīḍa’ (divine pleasure-grove) within the sacred sphere of Kāśī, presented in a Śiva–Devī context.
No direct ritual is specified; the verse is a climactic glorification of the sacred forest’s radiance and divinity.