श्मशानशोधनी शांता शश्वच्छतधृतिष्टुता । शालिनी शालिशोभाढ्या शिखिवाहनगर्भभृत्
śmaśānaśodhanī śāṃtā śaśvacchatadhṛtiṣṭutā | śālinī śāliśobhāḍhyā śikhivāhanagarbhabhṛt
وہ شمشان شودھنی ہے—شمشان کو پاک کرنے والی؛ وہ شانتہ—سکون کی مورت۔ بے شمار زمانوں تک ثابت قدمی کی بنا پر ستوت؛ وہ شالنی—مہربان، شالی شوبھا سے مالا مال؛ اور وہ شِکھی واہن (سکند) کو اپنے گربھ میں دھارنے والی ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī śmaśāna-tīrtha by Gaṅgā (Maṇikarṇikā/nearby cremation ghāṭa implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: Night at a Kāśī cremation ghat: funeral pyres in the distance, yet Gaṅgā Devī radiates calm, washing the shore clean; a subtle inner-vision shows Skanda (peacock-mounted) as a luminous presence within her, symbolizing protective potency amid death.
Even the liminal space of death becomes purified by the Divine; serenity and steadfastness are marks of liberating power.
Kāśī is famed for its śmaśānas (cremation grounds) and mokṣa-tradition; this verse harmonizes with that sacred geography.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies reverent remembrance of the Goddess in all places, including śmaśāna, as a purifier.