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ତାହାର କଟି-ପ୍ରଦେଶ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଶୁଷ୍କ ଓ ଧୂଳିଧୂସର ଥିଲା; ଉଦରର ଚର୍ମ ପିଠିକୁ ଲଗିଥିଲା। କମର ବିକଟ ଓ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଥିଲା, ଏବଂ ତ୍ରିକ-ସନ୍ଧିରେ ମାଂସହୀନ ଅସ୍ଥିମୟ ଗଠିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ବନ୍ଧା ଥିଲା।
Skanda (contextual narration to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dust-dry waist and loins; belly-skin drawn tight as if stuck to the spine; a misshapen dreadful waist; back-joints like fleshless bony knots—set near a cremation ghat’s smoky horizon.
The body’s horror becomes a mirror for karmic consequence, urging dharmic living and seeking sacred refuge.
The episode occurs within the Kāśī-kṣetra narrative world of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; it is descriptive.