शैलाकारं तमायांतं दृष्ट्वा भगवती गजम् । बद्ध्वा पाशेन जवतः खङ्गेन करमच्छिनत्
śailākāraṃ tamāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavatī gajam | baddhvā pāśena javataḥ khaṅgena karamacchinat
پہاڑ جیسے پیکر والے اس ہاتھی کو اپنی طرف لپکتا دیکھ کر، بھگوتی دیوی نے فوراً اسے پھندے سے باندھا اور تلوار سے اس کی سونڈ کاٹ ڈالی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mountain-bodied elephant-asura charges; the Goddess stands poised, casting a noose to bind it and raising a gleaming sword to sever the trunk in one swift arc.
Divine protection prevails in Kāśī: arrogance and violent force are restrained and purified by the Goddess’s dharmic power.
The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated as a divinely protected sacred realm in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it is a narrative of the Goddess’s martial protection.