ग्रावद्रावा तपोद्वेष्टी चारुनासा सुकर्णिका । दारुसंजीविनी सुश्रीः क्रतुशुल्का शुभानना
grāvadrāvā tapodveṣṭī cārunāsā sukarṇikā | dārusaṃjīvinī suśrīḥ kratuśulkā śubhānanā
Grāvadrāvā, Tapodveṣṭī, Cārunāsā, Sukarṇikā; Dārusaṃjīvinī, Suśrī, Kratuśulkā e Śubhānanā—também elas estão entre as Apsarās.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous apsarā-loka: graceful celestial women in jeweled attire, each subtly personifying a ritual-fruit (tapas, dāna, yajña). The atmosphere is perfumed and radiant, with a distant suggestion of Kāśī’s sanctity as the unseen axis.
By juxtaposing names tied to beauty and anti-austerity, the text hints at the friction between tapas (discipline) and temptation, a recurring Purāṇic moral theme.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None.