Shloka 69

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

कपिलाह्रदम् इत्येवं तथा वै ब्रह्मणा कृतम् गवां स्तन्यजतोयेन तीर्थं पुण्यतमं महत्

Transliteration

kapilāhradam ityevaṃ tathā vai brahmaṇā kṛtam gavāṃ stanyajatoyena tīrthaṃ puṇyatamaṃ mahat

Translation

এইদৰে ইয়াৰ নাম ‘কপিলা-হ্ৰদ’ হ’ল; সঁচাকৈ ব্ৰহ্মাই ইয়াক নিৰ্মাণ কৰিছিল। গাইৰ স্তন্যৰ পৰা উদ্ভূত জলে ইয়াক মহৎ, অতি পৱিত্ৰ তীৰ্থ কৰি তুলিলে।

Word by Word

• कपिलाह्रदम्: Kapilā-hrada (the ‘Kapilā’ lake)

• इति: thus

• एवम्: in this manner

• तथा: so/likewise

• वै: indeed

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā

• कृतम्: made/established

• गवाम्: of cows

• स्तन्य: milk

• जतोयेन (जात-तोयेन): by water that has arisen/come forth

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place

• पुण्यतमम्: most meritorious/most purifying

• महत्: great/vast.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the tirtha account within the Linga Purana framework)