Shloka 59
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
शूलिनो ब्रह्मणो हत्या नापैति स्म च या क्वचित् । सा काश्यां क्षणतो नष्टा तस्मात्सेव्या हि काशिका
śūlino brahmaṇo hatyā nāpaiti sma ca yā kvacit | sā kāśyāṃ kṣaṇato naṣṭā tasmātsevyā hi kāśikā
حتى إثمُ قتلِ البراهمة الذي كان قد لَزِمَ شُولين (الربّ شيفا) ولم يكن يزول في أيّ مكانٍ آخر، يَفنى في لحظةٍ بكاشي. لذلك فـكاشيكا (كاشي) جديرةٌ بأن تُؤتى ويُخدَمَ مقامُها.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The verse states Kāśī’s singular capacity: the brahmahatyā-taint that could not be removed elsewhere is destroyed instantly in Kāśī. This frames Kāśī as Śiva’s chosen kṣetra where His grace overrides otherwise intractable karmic residues.
Significance: Kāśī is recommended as ‘sevyā’—to be served/visited—because it is portrayed as the supreme purifier and liberator, especially for grave sins (mahāpātaka).
Role: liberating
FAQs
It proclaims Kāśī as a uniquely grace-filled Śiva-kṣetra where even the heaviest karmic bondage (pāśa), symbolized by brahma-hatyā, is dissolved quickly by Lord Śiva’s presence—highlighting liberation through Pati’s anugraha (divine favor).
Kāśī is revered as a direct domain of Saguna Śiva (Viśveśvara). Worship, service, and remembrance of Śiva there—especially of the Liṅga—are taught to accelerate purification, making the mind fit for Śiva-jñāna and mokṣa.
The takeaway is tīrtha-sevā and Śiva-upāsanā in Kāśī: serve the kṣetra, worship Śiva (Liṅga), and maintain steady japa of Śiva’s names—classically the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a purification-oriented discipline.