क्षणमुन्मील्य नयने कृत्वा नेत्रातिथिं पटीम् । तर्जन्यग्रमथोत्क्षिप्य स्वात्मानं समबोधयत्
kṣaṇamunmīlya nayane kṛtvā netrātithiṃ paṭīm | tarjanyagramathotkṣipya svātmānaṃ samabodhayat
اس نے ایک لمحے کو آنکھیں کھولیں، نقش دار کپڑے کو اپنی نگاہ کا ‘مہمان’ بنایا؛ پھر شہادت کی انگلی کی نوک اٹھا کر اپنے آپ کو ہوش میں لے آئی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A pilgrim-woman briefly opens her eyes, letting a painted cloth-image become ‘a guest’ to her gaze; she raises her forefinger as if instructing herself, returning to wakeful awareness amid the sacred city.
Awareness can be deliberately reclaimed from fascination—self-mastery (saṃyama) is praised even amid compelling sights.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; the verse itself is a narrative detail without a named tīrtha.
None; it depicts an inner act of recollection and self-awakening.