कश्चिद्दावानलालीढ खर्जूरद्रुमसन्निभम् । बिभ्रदूरुद्वयंभूतो व्यात्तास्यस्तमभीषयत्
kaściddāvānalālīḍha kharjūradrumasannibham | bibhradūrudvayaṃbhūto vyāttāsyastamabhīṣayat
आणखी एक दावानलाने भाजलेल्या खजूरवृक्षासारखा; दोन प्रचंड जांघा असलेला भूत होऊन, तोंड वासून तो त्याला भय दाखवीत होता।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: A charred date-palm-like figure, as if licked by wildfire, becomes a bhūta with enormous thighs; mouth gapes wide in a silent roar as it looms to frighten the child/hero.
Dharma is maintained not by reacting to horrific forms, but by holding firm to one’s vow and inner clarity.
The broader glorification belongs to Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse is part of the testing episode.
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