तदुत्तरे महामूर्तिरसितांगोस्ति भैरवः । तस्य दर्शनतः पुंसां न भवेद्यमदर्शनम्
taduttare mahāmūrtirasitāṃgosti bhairavaḥ | tasya darśanataḥ puṃsāṃ na bhavedyamadarśanam
その北には、偉大なる姿のバイラヴァ(Bhairava)、アシターンガ(Asitāṅga)がいる。彼のダルシャナ(darśana)を得れば、人はヤマ(Yama)—死の主—を見ずに済む。
Skanda
Tirtha: Asitāṅga Bhairava
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims
Scene: Asitāṅga Bhairava stands fierce yet protective, dark-hued, with trident and skull-bowl; a devotee receives abhaya as Yama’s shadow recedes into the background.
Bhairava’s grace in Kāśī is protective and liberative—transforming the devotee’s relation to death and judgment.
The northern location of Asitāṅga Bhairava within the same Kāśī sacred circuit described in Adhyāya 18.
Darśana (seeing/visiting) of Asitāṅga Bhairava is emphasized.