या हि प्रकृतिसद्रूपा तडित्कोटिसमप्रभा । विरजा या स्वयं वन्द्या गुणातीताचरत्तपः
yā hi prakṛtisadrūpā taḍitkoṭisamaprabhā | virajā yā svayaṃ vandyā guṇātītācarattapaḥ
原初のプラクリティに似た御姿をもち、億万の稲妻に等しい光輝を放つ方。垢なく清浄で、自ら礼拝に値し、グナを超越するその御方は苦行(タパス)を修した。
Gālava (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vision of the Devi as primordial Nature—her body luminous like countless lightning flashes—yet calm, stainless, and beyond the guṇas; she performs tapas with an aura of pure radiance.
Transcendence of the guṇas and purity are upheld as ideals, exemplified through the Devī’s tapas.
The larger unit is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
Tapas (austerity) is presented as a central discipline.