Shloka 37
The Greatness of Kāśī (Avimukta): Pilgrimage Calendar, Yātrā-Dharma, and the Network of Śiva-Liṅgas
शोकं जरां मृत्युबंधं ततो न स्पृशते नरः । तस्मिन्स्रातः शिवः साक्षादोंकारेश्वरसंज्ञितः ॥ ३७ ॥
śokaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyubaṃdhaṃ tato na spṛśate naraḥ | tasminsrātaḥ śivaḥ sākṣādoṃkāreśvarasaṃjñitaḥ || 37 ||
Wer dort badet, wird nicht mehr von Kummer, Alter oder den Fesseln des Todes berührt; denn dort ist Śiva selbst offenbar, berühmt unter dem Namen Oṃkāreśvara.
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares the tīrtha-power of Omkāreśvara: bathing there is said to free one from grief, the decay of aging, and the mortal bondage that binds beings to repeated death.
It centers devotion on direct divine presence—Śiva as Omkāreśvara—showing that reverent pilgrimage and sacred bathing, performed with faith, becomes a bhakti-act leading toward release from saṃsāra’s afflictions.
Ritual practice is implied through tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing) as a dharmic observance; it aligns with kalpa-style ritual discipline rather than technical topics like vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa in this specific verse.