Shloka 8
Kāṣṭhīla-Upākhyāna: Rākṣasī, Spear-Śakti, and Kāśī as Śakti-kṣetra
एहि कांत गुहां रम्यां प्रविश त्वं यदृच्छया । भुंक्ष्व भोगान्मया सार्द्धं ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः ॥ ८ ॥
ehi kāṃta guhāṃ ramyāṃ praviśa tvaṃ yadṛcchayā | bhuṃkṣva bhogānmayā sārddhaṃ ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ || 8 ||
एहि कांत गुहां रम्यां प्रविश त्वं यदृच्छया । भुंक्ष्व भोगान्मया सार्द्धं ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः ॥ ८ ॥
A seductive female figure (contextual speaker within the Tirtha-Mahatmya narrative; not Narada/Sanatkumara in this direct utterance)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
The verse dramatizes worldly and even “divine” enjoyments as temptations that arise on a pilgrim’s path, testing discernment (viveka) and detachment (vairāgya) within a Tirtha-Mahatmya setting.
By offering pleasures as an alternative goal, the verse implicitly highlights Bhakti’s demand for single-pointed devotion—choosing dharma and remembrance of the Lord over sensual or celestial rewards.
No specific Vedanga (such as Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly in this line; it functions primarily as narrative instruction on ethical restraint rather than a technical ritual or grammatical teaching.