स्तंभनी मोहनीमाया बहुमाया बलोत्कटा । उच्चाटनी महोल्कास्या दनुजेंद्रक्षयंकरी
staṃbhanī mohanīmāyā bahumāyā balotkaṭā | uccāṭanī maholkāsyā danujeṃdrakṣayaṃkarī
Siya ang Kapangyarihang nagpapahinto at nagpapapirmi; ang mapang-akit na Māyā; ang may hawak ng sari-saring ilusyon; mabagsik sa lakas. Siya ang puwersang nagpapalayas at nag-uugat; ang Dakilang may mukhang apoy—na nagdudulot ng pagkalipol sa mga panginoon ng hukbong Dānava.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce Devī-form with flame-like face (maholkāsyā), radiating mantric power—stambhana and mohana as visible bands of light immobilizing and bewildering dānava-lords; the battlefield set against a subtle Kāśī skyline/ghāṭa silhouette.
Divine power is not merely gentle; it also protects dharma by restraining, dispelling, and destroying adharmic forces.
The larger narrative belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, thus framed within the sanctity of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), even when the verse itself lists Devī’s epithets.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse; it is primarily a stuti-like enumeration of Devī’s powers.