Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वैनं नियतः सद्यो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः मृतश् च न पुनर्जन्तुः संसारी तु भवेन्नरः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvainaṃ niyataḥ sadyo mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ mṛtaś ca na punarjantuḥ saṃsārī tu bhavennaraḥ

Translation

ನಿಯತ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಇದರ (ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ) ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಮರಣಾನಂತರ ಆ ಜೀವವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಸಂಸಾರಭ್ರಮಣಕ್ಕೆ ಮರಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• एनम् (enam): this (Liṅga/Śiva)

• नियतः (niyataḥ): self-restrained, disciplined

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ): immediately

• मुच्यते (mucyate): is freed, is released

• सर्वकिल्बिषैः (sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ): from all sins/impurities

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ): having died

• च (ca): and

• न (na): not

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ): embodied being, creature

• संसारी (saṃsārī): one bound to transmigration

• तु (tu): indeed/but

• भवेत् (bhavet): would become

• नरः (naraḥ): man/person

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala-śruti to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It states a direct phala (result): disciplined darśana of the Śiva-liṅga destroys kilbiṣa (sin/impurity) and leads the pashu (soul) toward mokṣa rather than continued saṃsāra.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord whose grace, accessed through liṅga-darśana with niyama, cuts pasha (bondage) and ends rebirth for the jīva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Niyata-darśana—seeing the liṅga with self-restraint and focused reverence—combining outer worship (darśana) with inner discipline aligned with Pāśupata-oriented purification.