डाकिनीशाकिनी भूतप्रेतवेतालराक्षसाः । ग्रहाः कूष्मांडझोटिंगाः कालकर्णी शिशुग्रहाः
ḍākinīśākinī bhūtapretavetālarākṣasāḥ | grahāḥ kūṣmāṃḍajhoṭiṃgāḥ kālakarṇī śiśugrahāḥ
డాకినీలు, శాకినీలు; భూత-ప్రేతాలు, వేతాళాలు, రాక్షసులు; దుష్ట గ్రహాలు; కూష్మాండాలు, ఝోటింగాలు; కాలకర్ణీ మరియు శిశుగ్రహాలు—
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śivartārtha (waters referenced in the immediate context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A ring of shadowy spirits—ḍākinīs, śākinīs, vetālas, grahas—hover at the edge of a luminous ghat; the tirtha-water glints like a protective boundary they cannot cross.
Kāśī’s Śaiva tīrthas are portrayed as protective, overcoming both visible and invisible afflictions that disturb dharma and well-being.
The context is Jñānoda/Śivartārtha water associated with the tīrtha described in Adhyāya 33.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it lists afflictive beings that will be pacified by the tīrtha’s power (explained in the following verse).