मातर्विशालाक्षि भवानिमंगले ज्येष्ठेशिसौभाग्यविधानसुंदरि । विश्वेविधे विश्वभुजे नमोस्तु ते श्रीचित्रघंटे विकटे च दुर्गिके
mātarviśālākṣi bhavānimaṃgale jyeṣṭheśisaubhāgyavidhānasuṃdari | viśvevidhe viśvabhuje namostu te śrīcitraghaṃṭe vikaṭe ca durgike
噢母神,广目者——婆伐尼,吉祥者!至上女主,赐福之美者;宇宙之制定者,世界之扶持者——敬礼于汝,圣·奇特拉伽ṇṭā,维迦ṭā,及杜尔迦!
Agastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Adhyāya 5)
Tirtha: Kāśī Devī-sannidhi (kṣetra-śakti)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Devī appears in Kāśī’s sacred ambience—wide-eyed, auspicious, adorned with bell-ornaments (Citraghaṇṭā), simultaneously gentle and formidable (Vikaṭā/Durgā), as the devotee offers salutations.
Invoking the Goddess with her sacred names affirms her as the auspicious power who orders the cosmos and grants protection and good fortune.
Kāśī, through praise of its presiding Śakti and her local manifestations.
Stuti (hymnic praise) and namaskāra (salutation) to Devī through her epithets.