Shloka 122

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

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहो मया ह्येवं क्रियते मूर्तितः स्वयम् तस्माद् एतन् महत् क्षेत्रं ब्रह्माद्यैः सेवितं तथा

Transliteration

anugraho mayā hyevaṃ kriyate mūrtitaḥ svayam tasmād etan mahat kṣetraṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevitaṃ tathā

Translation

Aku sendiri, dalam wujud berjasad, menganugerahkan rahmat demikian. Karena itu kṣetra agung ini dihormati dan dilayani bahkan oleh Brahmā dan para dewa lainnya.

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहः: grace, divine favor

• मया: by Me

• हि: indeed

• एवम्: thus, in this manner

• क्रियते: is done, is bestowed

• मूर्तितः: as a manifest form, in embodied manifestation

• स्वयम्: by Myself, personally

• तस्मात्: therefore

• एतत्: this

• महत्: great

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field, holy site (kṣetra)

• ब्रह्माद्यैः: by Brahmā and the others (chief deities)

• सेवितम्: served, honored, frequented in worship

• तथा: likewise, indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s declaration within the kshetra-mahatmya context)