कालकालं समाराध्य भृंगी कालं जिगायवै । शैलादिमपि तत्याज मृत्युर्मृत्युंजयार्चकम्
kālakālaṃ samārādhya bhṛṃgī kālaṃ jigāyavai | śailādimapi tatyāja mṛtyurmṛtyuṃjayārcakam
«ដោយសមារធនាព្រះកាលកាលៈ អ្នកសម្លាប់កាលវេលា ភ្រឹង្គីបានឈ្នះកាលពិតប្រាកដ។ សូម្បីតែមរណៈក៏បានបោះបង់ឝೈលាទី អ្នកបូជាព្រះម្រឹត្យុញ្ជយៈ»។
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kāla-kāla/Mṛtyuñjaya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dramatic cosmic scene: Bhṛṅgī, the fierce ascetic attendant of Śiva, stands unwavering as the personified Kāla recoils; elsewhere Yama turns away from Śailādi, who clings to Mṛtyuñjaya worship—time and death rendered powerless before Śiva-bhakti.
When Time and Death are themselves within Śiva’s sovereignty, the devotee who clings to Mṛtyuñjaya gains fearlessness.
Kāśī’s Mahātmya is reinforced through exemplars of Śiva-bhakti, presenting the kṣetra as a place where Death’s power is diminished.
Samārādhana/arcana (intense propitiatory worship) of Kāla-kāla and Mṛtyuñjaya is upheld as spiritually protective.