कर्णाटकी रक्तहंसा षड्भार्या भैरवानुगाः । बंगाली मधुरा चैव कामोदा चाक्षिनारिका
karṇāṭakī raktahaṃsā ṣaḍbhāryā bhairavānugāḥ | baṃgālī madhurā caiva kāmodā cākṣinārikā
कर्णाटकी रक्तहंसा षड्भार्या भैरवानुगाः । बंगाली मधुरा चैव कामोदा चाक्षिनारिका ॥
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Bhairava as kṣetrapāla stands central with dog-vāhana; around him six rāgiṇī-śaktis labeled Karṇāṭakī, Baṃgālī, etc., each with regional costume cues and musical instruments; a garland of syllables encircles them.
Bhairava-centered devotion is expressed through ordered musical lineages, portraying sound as a sacred service (sevā).
The broader Tīrthamāhātmya frame glorifies a sacred locale, but this verse itself foregrounds Bhairava’s musical retinue rather than a place-name.
None explicitly; it is a descriptive catalog used within a ceremonial praise narrative.
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