Shloka 90

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

Devanagari script

इदं मन्ये महाक्षेत्रं निवासो योगिनां परम् क्षेत्रमध्ये च यत्राहं स्वयं भूत्वाग्रमास्थितः

Transliteration

idaṃ manye mahākṣetraṃ nivāso yogināṃ param kṣetramadhye ca yatrāhaṃ svayaṃ bhūtvāgramāsthitaḥ

Translation

「我はここを大聖域（マハー・クシェートラ）、瑜伽行者の至上の住処と見る。なぜなら、このクシェートラのまさに中心において、我は自ら顕現し、先頭に確立して立っているからである。」

Word by Word

• idam: this

• manye: I consider/I deem

• mahā-kṣetram: great sacred field (tirtha/kshetra)

• nivāsaḥ: abode/dwelling

• yoginām: of yogins

• param: supreme

• kṣetra-madhye: in the middle/heart of the field

• ca: and

• yatra: where

• aham: I (Shiva as Pati)

• svayam: by Myself

• bhūtvā: having become/having manifested

• agram: at the forefront/at the summit/as the foremost

• āsthitaḥ: stands established/abides

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking within Suta’s narration