घृणावती घृणनिधिर्घस्मरा घूकनादिनी । घुसृणा पिंजरतनुर्घर्घरा घर्घरस्वना
ghṛṇāvatī ghṛṇanidhirghasmarā ghūkanādinī | ghusṛṇā piṃjaratanurghargharā ghargharasvanā
Она исполнена сострадания, сама сокровищница милости; и всё же она пожирает зло, и клич её грозен. Она снимает грязь и грех, золотиста обликом; она рычит могуче, и звук её гремит, как гром — так восхваляют Деви в Каши.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-style assembly typical of Purāṇas)
Scene: In Kāśī’s sacred precinct, Devī is envisioned golden-hued, compassionate yet terrifying to evil, her roar like thunder rolling over the Gaṅgā ghāṭas; devotees bow as darkness and impurity are consumed.
The Divine Mother is simultaneously tender with compassion and fierce against sin—invoking her names in Kāśī is a dharmic act of purification and protection.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the implied sacred setting of this praise within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; the practice implied is nāma-stuti/japa—reverent recitation of the Devī’s names.