अथ सा कथयामास दनुजापहृतेः कथाम् । रत्नेश्वरं वरावाप्तिं स्वप्नावस्थां विहाय च
atha sā kathayāmāsa danujāpahṛteḥ kathām | ratneśvaraṃ varāvāptiṃ svapnāvasthāṃ vihāya ca
បន្ទាប់មក នាងបានរៀបរាប់រឿងការចាប់ពង្រត់ដោយដានវៈ ហើយនាងបាននិយាយអំពី រត្នេស្វរ—ថាពរបានទទួលយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច—ដោយបោះបង់គំនិតថាវាគ្រាន់តែជាស្ថានភាពសុបិនប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
Skanda (narrating a sub-story; ‘she’ speaks within it)
Tirtha: Ratneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Companions in the narrative (implied)
Scene: A woman narrator recounts a dramatic abduction by a Dānava and the subsequent boon connected to Ratneśvara; listeners attentive; the scene alternates between calm narration and vivid flashback imagery.
Divine grace at Kāśī’s sacred Śiva-sites is presented as real and transformative, not a mere dream or passing illusion.
Ratneśvara (a Śiva focus within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography).
No direct prescription appears; the verse advances the testimony-style narrative supporting Ratneśvara’s māhātmya.