Shloka 50

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

एवन्तीर्थान्यनेकानि नानादेशस्थितानि ह । पर्य्यटन्कालिकासूनुः प्रापद्वाराणसीम्पुरीम्

Transliteration

evantīrthānyanekāni nānādeśasthitāni ha | paryyaṭankālikāsūnuḥ prāpadvārāṇasīmpurīm

Translation

Thus, after wandering through many sacred tīrthas in diverse lands, the son of Kālīkā at last reached the city of Vārāṇasī.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक (adverb: thus)

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तीर्थानि)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विविधार्थक (various)

• देशस्थितानि: situated in (different) regions
• देशस्थितानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देश-स्थित (प्रातिपदिक) [देश + स्थित]
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तीर्थानि)

• ह: indeed (particle)
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्मरण/खल्वर्थक-निपात (particle, often expletive)

• पर्यटन्: wandering
• पर्यटन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अट् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कालिकासूनुः: the son of Kālīkā
• कालिकासूनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिका-सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कालिकायाः सूनुः)

• प्रापत्: reached
• प्रापत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• वाराणसीम्: Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वाराणसीम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Kāśī is celebrated as Śiva’s own city where Viśvanātha grants liberation; the verse marks the pilgrim’s arrival after extensive tīrtha-paryaṭana.

Significance: Arrival at Kāśī is portrayed as culmination of purificatory wandering; in Siddhānta terms, the paśu approaches the Pati’s kṣetra where anugraha is especially accessible.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Kālīkā
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights tīrtha-yātrā as a purifying discipline and points toward Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a supremely Shaiva kṣetra where devotion to Shiva is traditionally associated with liberation-oriented merit.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By directing the narrative to Vārāṇasī—celebrated as Shiva’s own city—it implicitly leads toward Saguna Shiva worship in a holy kṣetra, where Linga-darśana, pūjā, and remembrance of Shiva are central means of grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is tīrtha-yātrā with Shiva-smaraṇa: undertake pilgrimage with steady devotion, and in Kāśī especially, perform Linga-pūjā and japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya").