कालकालं समाराध्य भृंगी कालं जिगायवै । शैलादिमपि तत्याज मृत्युर्मृत्युंजयार्चकम्
kālakālaṃ samārādhya bhṛṃgī kālaṃ jigāyavai | śailādimapi tatyāja mṛtyurmṛtyuṃjayārcakam
‘کالکال (زمانے کے قاتل) کی آرادھنا سے بھِرِنگی نے حقیقتاً کال کو جیت لیا۔ اور مرتیونجَے کے پجاری شیلادی کو تو موت نے بھی چھوڑ دیا۔’
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kāla-kāla/Mṛtyuñjaya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dramatic cosmic scene: Bhṛṅgī, the fierce ascetic attendant of Śiva, stands unwavering as the personified Kāla recoils; elsewhere Yama turns away from Śailādi, who clings to Mṛtyuñjaya worship—time and death rendered powerless before Śiva-bhakti.
When Time and Death are themselves within Śiva’s sovereignty, the devotee who clings to Mṛtyuñjaya gains fearlessness.
Kāśī’s Mahātmya is reinforced through exemplars of Śiva-bhakti, presenting the kṣetra as a place where Death’s power is diminished.
Samārādhana/arcana (intense propitiatory worship) of Kāla-kāla and Mṛtyuñjaya is upheld as spiritually protective.