खेलन्मरालयुगलं जीवं जीवककांतिमत् । माल्याहूत द्विरेफाणां मंजुगुंजारवावृतम्
khelanmarālayugalaṃ jīvaṃ jīvakakāṃtimat | mālyāhūta dvirephāṇāṃ maṃjuguṃjāravāvṛtam
وہاں ہنسوں کے کھیلتے جوڑے تھے، اور جیواکا کی مانند روشن جیوا پرندے؛ ہاروں کی خوشبو سے کھنچے ہوئے بھنورے شیریں گنگناہٹ سے سارا مقام بھر دیتے تھے۔
Narrative voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (deductively: Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Scene: A lush sacred garden in Kāśī: paired swans playing on a lotus pond; jīva/jīvakā-like bright birds perched amid flower garlands; bees swirl around the garlands, filling the air with a soft, sweet hum.
Kāśī is portrayed as a sanctified, joy-filled realm where even nature participates in auspiciousness—signalling the kṣetra’s innate holiness.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly (the sacred environment of Vārāṇasī), described through its divine, fragrant, bee-filled groves.
None explicitly; the verse functions as māhātmya-style praise through sacred landscape description.