Shloka 17
अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि
प्रवृत्तनृत्तानुगताप्सरोगणं प्रहृष्टनानाविधपक्षिसेवितम् प्रनृत्तहारीतकुलोपनादितं मृगेन्द्रनादाकुलमत्तमानसैः
pravṛttanṛttānugatāpsarogaṇaṃ prahṛṣṭanānāvidhapakṣisevitam pranṛttahārītakulopanāditaṃ mṛgendranādākulamattamānasaiḥ
Dort folgten Scharen von Apsaras dem vorwärtsdrängenden Strom des Tanzes; und vielerlei Vögel, voll Freude, suchten jenen Ort auf. Er widerhallte von den Rufen tanzender grüner Papageien, und die Herzen aller waren wie berauscht—aufgewühlt vom Getöse löwengleicher Brülllaute. In einem solchen Feld von Ehrfurcht und Entzücken werden die Paśu-Seelen nach innen zum Pati, dem Herrn Śiva, hingezogen, während sich ihre Fesseln (pāśa) im Staunen lösen.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It portrays the Shiva-field as charged with auspicious movement and sound—conditions that purify the mind and make it fit for Linga-darshana, where the Pashu turns toward the Pati and bondage (pāśa) begins to slacken.
Shiva-tattva is implied as the awe-inspiring, bliss-bestowing center of a sacred realm: even nature and celestial beings move in rapt harmony, indicating the Lord as the source of both delight and majestic dread that dissolves egoic limitation.
The verse supports Pashupata-oriented inner discipline through sacred sound and concentrated attention: entering a Shiva-sanctified space, steadying the mind amid powerful nāda (resonance), and letting devotional rapture become one-pointed contemplation.