काशीश्मशाननिलयां देवदानवदर्पहाम् । ददासि यदि मे वीर दुर्लभां प्राणदक्षिणाम्
kāśīśmaśānanilayāṃ devadānavadarpahām | dadāsi yadi me vīra durlabhāṃ prāṇadakṣiṇām
Hỡi bậc anh hùng, nếu ngài ban cho con lễ vật hiếm có là sự sống—(con sẽ ngụ tại) Kāśī, nơi lấy bãi hỏa táng làm chốn cư trú, kẻ làm hạ lòng kiêu mạn của chư thiên và loài a-tu-la.
Mahājihvā (continuing her plea) to the vīra/hero (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
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Scene: A supplicant speaks to a sword-bearing hero, requesting the ‘rare gift of life’ and invoking Kāśī as a cremation-ground abode that crushes celestial and demonic arrogance; the aura is liminal—between life, death, and liberation.
Life itself is the greatest ‘dakṣiṇā’; granting mercy transforms fear into dharma, and Kāśī is praised as a place that subdues worldly pride.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as intimately linked with the śmaśāna and renunciation.
Implicitly, dāna/dakṣiṇā is evoked—here framed as the ‘gift of life’ rather than a material offering.