ज्वलत्केशः कंबुशिराः खर्वग्रीवो महाहनुः । महानासो लंबकर्णः कर्णप्रावरणोनसः
jvalatkeśaḥ kaṃbuśirāḥ kharvagrīvo mahāhanuḥ | mahānāso laṃbakarṇaḥ karṇaprāvaraṇonasaḥ
ある者は髪が燃え立ち、ある者は法螺貝のような頭を持ち、ある者は首が短く、ある者は顎が巨大である。ある者は鼻が大きく、ある者は耳が長く、ある者は耳が鼻を覆うほどである。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: a sage (muni)
Scene: Guardians with flaming hair, conch-like heads, short necks, massive jaws, great noses, long ears, and one whose ears drape to cover the nose—standing in vigilant poses at the kṣetra’s edge.
The text magnifies the sacred boundary of Kāśī by portraying guardians of extraordinary, fear-inducing power.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), as a divinely protected mokṣa-kṣetra.
No ritual instruction is provided here.