Shloka 128

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

Devanagari script

संनिहत्य कुरुक्षेत्रं सार्धं तीर्थशतैस् तथा पुष्करं निमिषं चैव प्रयागं च पृथूदकम्

Transliteration

saṃnihatya kurukṣetraṃ sārdhaṃ tīrthaśatais tathā puṣkaraṃ nimiṣaṃ caiva prayāgaṃ ca pṛthūdakam

Translation

તે કુરુક્ષેત્રને સૈકડો તીર્થો સહિત એકત્ર કરે છે; તેમ જ પુષ્કર, નૈમિષ, પ્રયાગ અને પૃથૂદક—આ બધા પ્રસિદ્ધ તીર્થોની પુણ્ય-શોધનશક્તિ અહીં સમવેત થાય છે, જ્યાં પતિ શિવ પશુને પવિત્ર કરે છે.

Word by Word

• संनिहत्य: having brought together/assembled

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra (the sacred field)

• सार्धम्: together with

• तीर्थशतैः: with hundreds of tīrthas (pilgrimage-fords)

• तथा: likewise

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (holy tīrtha)

• निमिषम्: Nimiṣa (Naimiṣa/Nimiṣāraṇya tīrtha)

• च एव: and indeed

• प्रयागम्: Prayāga (confluence tīrtha)

• च: and

• पृथूदकम्: Pṛthūdaka (holy water-place/tīrtha).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It elevates Shiva-centered tīrthas by declaring that the merits of many famed pilgrimage sites are collectively present—implying that devotion to Pati (Shiva), especially through Shiva-Puja at sacred sites, concentrates and amplifies purificatory fruit.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as Pati—the supreme sanctifier whose presence makes tīrthas efficacious; the verse frames purification not merely as geography but as grace that loosens paśu’s pāśa (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tīrtha-sevā and snāna (pilgrimage and sacred bathing), ideally paired with Shiva-Puja; as a Shaiva takeaway, outer tīrtha is fulfilled by inner Pashupata orientation—seeking Pati’s anugraha (grace) for release from pāśa.