Shloka 133

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

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां यानि पुण्यानि महान्त्यायतनानि च प्रविशन्ति सदाभ्येत्य पुण्यं पर्वसु पर्वसु अविमुक्तं क्षेत्रवरं महापापनिबर्हणम्

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ yāni puṇyāni mahāntyāyatanāni ca praviśanti sadābhyetya puṇyaṃ parvasu parvasu avimuktaṃ kṣetravaraṃ mahāpāpanibarhaṇam

Translation

地上にあるあらゆる大いなる霊場と功徳の聖地は、絶えずそこへ、幾度も幾度も集い入り、祭のたびごとにその功徳を携えて来る。その最勝の聖域こそアヴィムクタ（Avimukta）—諸クシェートラの中の第一—最も重い罪さえ滅する者である。

Word by Word

• pṛthivyām: on the earth

• yāni: which

• puṇyāni: meritorious (holy places/acts)

• mahānti: great

• āyatanāni: sanctuaries, holy seats

• ca: and

• praviśanti: enter, merge into

• sadā: always

• abhyetya: having come near/arrived again

• puṇyam: merit, sacred potency

• parvasu parvasu: at every parva (festival/auspicious junction)

• avimuktam: Avimukta (Kashi, the never-abandoned kṣetra)

• kṣetra-varam: the best of sacred fields

• mahā-pāpa: great sins

• nibarhaṇam: remover, destroyer

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)