श्रीवत्सलांछन हरे दैत्यवंशदवानल । कच्चित्पालयितुं शक्तिस्त्रिलोकीमस्त्यकुंठिता
śrīvatsalāṃchana hare daityavaṃśadavānala | kaccitpālayituṃ śaktistrilokīmastyakuṃṭhitā
اے شری وَتس کے نشان والے ہری، اے دَیتیَوں کے نسب پر جنگل کی آگ! کیا تیری بےکمی طاقت اب بھی تینوں لوکوں کو سنبھال کر حفاظت کرتی ہے؟
Śiva (Śambhu)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: Śambhu addresses Hari with epithets: Śrīvatsa-marked chest, radiant aura; the mood is reverent yet martial—Hari as the blazing force against Daityas, sustaining the cosmos.
Divine governance sustains the cosmos; Viṣṇu’s protective power is praised as the support of dharma across the worlds.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting frames the discourse within Kāśī’s sacred narrative, though this verse is primarily a cosmic inquiry.
None explicitly; it is a laudatory inquiry (stuti in the form of questions).