नैषा पुरी संसृतिरूपपारावारस्य पारं पुरहा पुरारिः । यस्यां परं पौरुषमर्थमिच्छन्सिद्धिं नयेत्पौरपरंपरांसः
naiṣā purī saṃsṛtirūpapārāvārasya pāraṃ purahā purāriḥ | yasyāṃ paraṃ pauruṣamarthamicchansiddhiṃ nayetpauraparaṃparāṃsaḥ
Ang lungsod na ito’y hindi lamang isang bayan; ito ang kabilang pampang ng karagatang anyo ng saṃsāra—na ipinahayag ng Tagapagpuksa sa mga kuta ng Tripura, kaaway ni Pura. Dito, ang naghahangad ng pinakamataas na layon ng buhay-tao ay inaakay sa ganap na siddhi, sa pamamagitan pa ng mga salinlahi ng mga naninirahan dito.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
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Scene: Kāśī is envisioned as a luminous shoreline beyond a dark ocean of saṃsāra; Śiva as Tripurāntaka stands as ferryman/guide, while the city’s inhabitants form a sacred procession symbolizing lineage-transmitted siddhi.
Kāśī is framed as a direct passage beyond saṃsāra, where Śiva’s power leads seekers of the highest puruṣārtha to siddhi.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised as the ‘far shore’ beyond worldly bondage.
No explicit ritual; the verse emphasizes the telos (puruṣārtha) and Śiva’s salvific role in Kāśī.
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