Shloka 74

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

वक्तुं मया सुरेशानि ऋषिसंघाभिपूजितम् किं मया वर्ण्यते देवी ह्य् अविमुक्तफलोदयः

Transliteration

vaktuṃ mayā sureśāni ṛṣisaṃghābhipūjitam kiṃ mayā varṇyate devī hy avimuktaphalodayaḥ

Translation

ឱ ទេវី ឱ ព្រះនាងម្ចាស់ទេវតាទាំងឡាយ—ខ្ញុំអាចនិយាយអ្វីបាន? អវិមុកតៈនេះ ដែលផលបុណ្យរបស់វាបង្ហាញជានិច្ច ហើយមហិមារបស់វាត្រូវបានក្រុមឥសីគោរពបូជាយ៉ាងខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់។

Word by Word

• वक्तुम् (vaktum): to speak, to describe

• मया (mayā): by me

• सुरेशानि (sureśāni): O mistress of the gods (address to the Goddess)

• ऋषिसंघ (ṛṣi-saṃgha): assembly of sages

• अभिपूजितम् (abhipūjitam): highly worshipped, venerated

• किम् (kim): what? how?

• मया (mayā): by me

• वर्ण्यते (varṇyate): is described, can be expressed

• देवी (devī): O Goddess

• हि (hi): indeed

• अविमुक्त (avimukta): Avimukta (the never-abandoned sacred kṣetra, Kāśī)

• फल (phala): fruit, spiritual result

• उदयः (udayaḥ): arising, manifestation, dawning

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Avimukta-mahatmya within the Linga Purana’s discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Devi
• Rishis
• Avimukta (Kashi)

FAQs

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

It elevates Avimukta (Kāśī) as a supreme Shaiva kṣetra where the fruits of Shiva-oriented worship arise unfailingly, implying that Linga-pūjā performed there swiftly bears siddhi and mokṣa-oriented merit.

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

By stressing the inexhaustible, ever-arising “fruit” of Avimukta, the verse implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the unfailing bestower of grace—whose presence in a kṣetra makes liberation-oriented results continuously accessible to the pashu (bound soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to kṣetra-sevā and Shaiva worship (especially Linga-pūjā, japa, and vrata in Avimukta) as a direct means for the pashu to loosen pāśa (bondage) through Shiva’s anugraha (grace).