Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच देस्च्रिप्तिओन् ओफ़् अविमुक्त वक्ष्ये संक्षेपतः सम्यक् वाराणस्याः सुशोभनम् अविमुक्तस्य माहात्म्यं यथाह भगवान् भवः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca description of Avimukta vakṣye saṃkṣepataḥ samyak vārāṇasyāḥ suśobhanam avimuktasya māhātmyaṃ yathāha bhagavān bhavaḥ

Translation

Sūta sprach: Nun werde ich, kurz und richtig, den herrlichen Bericht über Vārāṇasī—nämlich die Größe Avimuktas—darlegen, so wie Bhagavān Bhava (Śiva), der Pati, Herr aller paśu, es verkündet hat.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta (the narrator)

• uvāca: said

• avimuktasya: of Avimukta (the never-abandoned sacred realm)

• varṇanam: description/account

• vakṣye: I shall speak

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly

• samyak: correctly, in due order

• vārāṇasyāḥ: of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

• suśobhanam: very splendid, auspicious

• avimuktasya: of Avimukta

• māhātmyam: greatness, sacred glory

• yathāha: as was spoken/declared

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord

• bhavaḥ: Bhava (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta