महाहनुर्महाग्रीवो महाकालो जितांतकः । मृत्युप्रकंपनो भीमो घंटाकर्णो महाबलः
mahāhanurmahāgrīvo mahākālo jitāṃtakaḥ | mṛtyuprakaṃpano bhīmo ghaṃṭākarṇo mahābalaḥ
有摩诃哈奴(Mahāhanu)、摩诃格利婆(Mahāgrīva)、摩诃迦罗(Mahākāla)与吉檀多迦(Jitāntaka);又有令死神战栗者(Mṛtyuprakampana)、怖畏者(Bhīma)、钟耳者(Ghaṇṭākarṇa)与大力者(Mahābala)——这些可畏的湿婆眷属,皆为其骇人的守护者。
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of gaṇas with massive jaws and necks, some bearing skull-garlands, standing at the thresholds of Kāśī; Mahākāla’s presence is suggested as a dark-blue aura behind them; the air trembles as ‘Mṛtyuprakampana’ shakes the very concept of death.
The verse magnifies Śiva’s protective power through his gaṇas—fear itself (even Death) is shown as subdued in the orbit of Dharma and devotion.
Kāśī, implicitly—these gaṇas function as protectors in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred-topography narrative.
None; it is a catalog of divine guardians and epithets.