निष्क्रांता दारुणा शक्तिर्मुक्तकेशी भयानका । वानरस्कंधमारूढा कुर्वाणा किल्किलाध्वनिम्
niṣkrāṃtā dāruṇā śaktirmuktakeśī bhayānakā | vānaraskaṃdhamārūḍhā kurvāṇā kilkilādhvanim
ତେବେ ଏକ ଦାରୁଣ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଶକ୍ତି ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲା—ଖୋଲା କେଶରେ ଭୀତିଜନକ; ବାନରର କାନ୍ଧରେ ଆରୂଢ଼ ହୋଇ କିଲ୍କିଲ୍ ଧ୍ୱନି କରୁଥିଲା।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical; not explicit here)
Scene: From a ritual/ascetic context, a terrifying śakti bursts forth: hair unbound, eyes fierce, bristling with energy, perched upon a monkey’s shoulder, emitting a sharp chattering cry that startles the forest-āśrama landscape.
Malevolent rites are depicted as generating terrifying forces, signaling the spiritual peril of adharma.
This verse is narrative within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but no specific tīrtha is named here.
No prescription; it describes the manifested result of a hostile rite.
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