तोयार्द्रकाकपक्षाग्रं कषायनयनांचलम् । किंचिद्विरूक्षं त्वक्क्षोभं संभ्रमापन्नमानसम्
toyārdrakākapakṣāgraṃ kaṣāyanayanāṃcalam | kiṃcidvirūkṣaṃ tvakkṣobhaṃ saṃbhramāpannamānasam
ତାହାର କେଶାଗ୍ର କାକପକ୍ଷ ପରି ଜଳେ ଭିଜିଥିଲା, ନୟନାଞ୍ଚଳ କଷାୟବର୍ଣ୍ଣରେ ମଲିନ ଥିଲା; ସେ କିଛି ଅସ୍ତବ୍ୟସ୍ତ, ଚର୍ମରେ କମ୍ପନ, ଏବଂ ଭୟରେ ଉଦ୍ବିଗ୍ନ ମନସ୍କ ଦେଖାଯାଉଥିଲା।
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, contextually)
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)
Scene: Close portrayal of the child’s frightened appearance: wet hair-tips like a crow’s wing, darkened eye-corners, roughened look, skin bristling, mind shaken—an intimate psychological snapshot.
Purāṇic dharma recognizes lived suffering; divine grace meets devotees amid real fear and vulnerability.
Kāśī, as the setting where distress is witnessed and ultimately relieved by Śiva’s power.
None; it is a compassionate description of distress prior to relief.