दमग्राह्या देवमाता देवलोकप्रदर्शिनी । देवदेवप्रियादेवी दिक्पालपददायिनी
damagrāhyā devamātā devalokapradarśinī | devadevapriyādevī dikpālapadadāyinī
وہ جو صرف ضبطِ نفس سے ہی پائی جائے؛ دیوتاؤں کی ماں؛ دیولोकوں کی نشان دہی کرنے والی۔ دیودیو کی محبوب دیوی—وہ سمتوں کے پالکوں کے منصب بھی عطا کرتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Kāśī-Gaṅgā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Personified Gaṅgā-Devī, radiant and maternal, seated on a makara, holding kamaṇḍalu/lotus, with dikpālas in the background receiving their stations; Kāśī ghāṭas and temples faintly visible.
Spiritual attainment depends on dama (self-restraint); through disciplined devotion the Goddess reveals higher worlds and grants exalted spiritual status.
Kāśī remains the implied sacred ground of this stuti, presenting it as a dharmic path within the Kāśī Mahātmya tradition.
The key prescription is ethical-dharmic: dama (self-control) as the prerequisite for truly ‘grasping’ the Goddess.