यदा स न दिवोदासः प्रागासीत्कुंभसंभव । तदातनं निजं स्थानमलंचक्रे गणाधिपः
yadā sa na divodāsaḥ prāgāsītkuṃbhasaṃbhava | tadātanaṃ nijaṃ sthānamalaṃcakre gaṇādhipaḥ
Hỡi Agastya, bậc Kumbhasambhava, thuở trước khi Divodāsa chưa hiện diện, thì Chúa tể các Gaṇa (Gaṇādhipa) đã sửa soạn và an lập cho mình tòa ngự cổ xưa của chính mình.
Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (ancient gaṇa-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (kumbha-sambhava)
Scene: Addressed to Agastya (‘kumbha-sambhava’), the narrator recalls an earlier time: a gaṇa-lord installs an ancient seat in Kāśī—stone pedestal near a shrine, attendants placing garlands and flags.
The sacred order of Kāśī is timeless; divine seats and presences are established beyond the rise and fall of kings.
Kāśī’s sanctified landscape is implied through the mention of Gaṇādhipa’s ‘own seat’ established there.
None; it provides historical-theological context for the deity’s established seat.