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kālāya kālakālāya kālakūṭa viṣādine | vyālayajñopavītāya vyālabhūṣaṇadhāriṇe
காலமே ஆனவனே, உமக்கு நமः; காலத்தையும் அழிப்பவனே, உமக்கு நமஸ்காரம்; காலகூட விஷத்தை அருந்தியவனே, உமக்கு நமः. பாம்பே பூணூலாகியவனே, பாம்புகளை ஆபரணமாக அணிந்தவனே, உமக்கு வணக்கம்.
Jaigīṣavya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience / ṛṣi audience (frame)
Scene: Śiva as Kāla: dark, luminous, calm; a halo like a turning wheel of time behind him; blue throat hinting poison consumed; serpents form his yajñopavīta and ornaments, coiled yet peaceful.
Śiva transcends time and death, and He transforms cosmic विष (poison) into protection for the world.
Kāśī is the narrative setting; Śiva as Kāla is especially resonant with Kāśī’s liberation theme beyond death.
None stated; the verse serves as mantra-like praise invoking Śiva’s victory over time and poison.