निर्वर्त्य नियमं साथ लज्जामुकुलितेक्षणा । निर्बंधेन वयस्याभिः परिपृष्टा जगाद ह
nirvartya niyamaṃ sātha lajjāmukulitekṣaṇā | nirbaṃdhena vayasyābhiḥ paripṛṣṭā jagāda ha
நியமத்தை நிறைவேற்றிய பின் அவள் வெட்கம் மலர்ந்த கண்களுடன் இருந்தாள்; தோழியர் விடாமல் கேட்டபோது அவள் கூறினாள்.
Narrator (contextually Skanda)
Tirtha: Ratneśvara-yātrā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience (sages/devotees)
Scene: A young woman, having finished her observance, stands with eyes lowered in shy modesty while her friends encircle her, teasingly and insistently asking what happened; she prepares to speak.
Religious discipline (niyama) culminates in inner change; truth is often spoken after self-restraint and reflection.
Not named here; it follows the Ratneśvara/Mandākinī Kāśī sequence.
Niyama (a regulated observance/vow) is referenced as completed, though its details are not specified in this verse.