आश्चर्यमूर्तिरायुष्या ह्याढ्याऽद्याऽप्राऽर्यसेविता । आप्यायिन्याप्तविद्याऽख्यात्वानंदाऽश्वासदायिनी
āścaryamūrtirāyuṣyā hyāḍhyā'dyā'prā'ryasevitā | āpyāyinyāptavidyā'khyātvānaṃdā'śvāsadāyinī
وہ عجیب و شاندار مجسم صورت ہے، عمر دراز عطا کرنے والی؛ حقیقتاً دولت مند، ازلی، اور اَریہ (نیک) لوگوں کی خدمت سے سرفراز۔ وہ پرورش کرنے والی اور تکمیل کرنے والی ہے؛ درست ودیا کی حصول کے نام سے مشہور، وہ آنند اور تسلی عطا کرتی ہے۔
Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Devī as the primordial source, seated with a manuscript (vidyā) and a nectar vessel (āyuḥ/amṛta), showering nourishing light; noble sages and students offer salutations in a Kāśī scholastic-temple setting.
Gaṅgā’s tīrtha-grace is described as nourishment for life and mind—longevity, knowledge, and inner consolation arise from her sanctity.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī, revered as a primordial, noble-served source of sustenance and spiritual reassurance.
No explicit prescription; the emphasis is on stuti and reliance on Gaṅgā’s nourishing presence.