गजानना सिंहमुखी गृध्रास्या काकतुंडिका । उष्ट्रग्रीवा हयग्रीवा वाराही शरभानना
gajānanā siṃhamukhī gṛdhrāsyā kākatuṃḍikā | uṣṭragrīvā hayagrīvā vārāhī śarabhānanā
கஜானனா, சிம்ஹமுகீ, கிருத்ராஸ்யா, காகதுண்டிகா; உஷ்ட்ரக்ரீவா, ஹயக்ரீவா, வாராஹீ, சரபானனா—இவை யோகினிகளின் நாமங்கள்.
Skanda
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: A litany of Yoginī names is recited—each evoking a distinct animal-faced or fierce-featured śakti form: elephant-faced, lion-faced, vulture-faced, crow-beaked, camel-necked, horse-necked, boar-faced, and śarabha-faced.
The Yoginīs are invoked through their potent names and forms, suggesting protective and purificatory power within Kāśī’s dharma.
Kāśī indirectly, as the chapter’s setting where Yoginī worship and nāma-listing is taught.
Implicitly, nāma-recitation/hearing is the practice; the verse itself provides the names for that purpose.