चंद्रकांतशिलासुप्तकृष्णैणहरितोडुपम् । तरुप्रकीर्णकुसुम जितस्वर्लोकतारकम् । दर्शयन्नित्थमाक्रीडं देव्यै देवोविशद्वनम्
caṃdrakāṃtaśilāsuptakṛṣṇaiṇaharitoḍupam | taruprakīrṇakusuma jitasvarlokatārakam | darśayannitthamākrīḍaṃ devyai devoviśadvanam
Sa gayon, ipinamalas ng Diyos sa Diyosa ang lunduyang yaon: mga lapida ng batong-chandrakānta na kumikislap na tila luntiang mga bituin, na wari’y may maiitim na usa na natutulog; at ang mga punò’y nagkakalat ng mga bulaklak sa lahat ng dako, na humihigit pa sa mga tala ng langit—gayon kapayapa at kabanal ang malinaw na gubat na iyon.
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva (Deva) leads Devī into a clear radiant forest: moonstone slabs gleam like greenish star-points; they resemble dark antelopes asleep; blossoms carpet the ground; the grove’s light seems to outshine the stars of heaven.
Kāśī’s sanctity is so great that it is depicted as surpassing heaven itself; devotion is strengthened by contemplating the divine presence pervading the land.
A luminous ‘ākrīḍa’ (divine pleasure-grove) within the sacred sphere of Kāśī, presented in a Śiva–Devī context.
No direct ritual is specified; the verse is a climactic glorification of the sacred forest’s radiance and divinity.
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