डाकिनीशाकिनी भूतप्रेतवेतालराक्षसाः । ग्रहाः कूष्मांडझोटिंगाः कालकर्णी शिशुग्रहाः
ḍākinīśākinī bhūtapretavetālarākṣasāḥ | grahāḥ kūṣmāṃḍajhoṭiṃgāḥ kālakarṇī śiśugrahāḥ
ڈاکنیاں اور شاکنیاں؛ بھوت، پریت، ویتال اور راکشس؛ بدخیم گِرہ؛ کوشمाण्ड اور جھوٹنگ؛ کالکارنی اور بچوں کو پکڑنے والے گِرہ—
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śivartārtha (waters referenced in the immediate context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A ring of shadowy spirits—ḍākinīs, śākinīs, vetālas, grahas—hover at the edge of a luminous ghat; the tirtha-water glints like a protective boundary they cannot cross.
Kāśī’s Śaiva tīrthas are portrayed as protective, overcoming both visible and invisible afflictions that disturb dharma and well-being.
The context is Jñānoda/Śivartārtha water associated with the tīrtha described in Adhyāya 33.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it lists afflictive beings that will be pacified by the tīrtha’s power (explained in the following verse).