Shloka 108

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

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा न जायते मर्त्यः संसारे दुःखसागरे सूत उवाच एवम् उक्त्वा महादेवो दिशः सर्वा व्यलोकयत्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā na jāyate martyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhasāgare sūta uvāca evam uktvā mahādevo diśaḥ sarvā vyalokayat

Translation

ആ (തത്ത്വം) ദർശിച്ചാൽ മർത്ത്യൻ ദുഃഖസാഗരമായ സംസാരത്തിൽ വീണ്ടും ജനിക്കുകയില്ല. സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം മഹാദേവൻ എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളെയും നോക്കി.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/realized

• न: not

• जायते: is born (again)

• मर्त्यः: the mortal (bound soul, paśu)

• संसारे: in saṃsāra (cycle of transmigration)

• दुःखसागरे: in the ocean of sorrow

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• एवम्: thus

• उक्त्वा: having spoken

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva, Pati)

• दिशः: the directions

• सर्वाः: all

• व्यलोकयत्: looked around/surveyed

Speaker

Suta

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It links liberation to “seeing” the saving truth—implying that Linga-darśana and Shiva-centered contemplation are not mere ritual, but a means for the paśu to cross the duḥkha-sāgara of saṃsāra by turning to Pati.

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

Shiva appears as Mahādeva, the sovereign Pati whose utterance and presence orient the cosmos (“surveying the directions”) and whose revealed truth, when realized, ends rebirth for the bound soul.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is darśana-jñāna: meditative “seeing/realization” of Shiva-tattva (central to Pāśupata orientation) as the inner fruit of worship—knowledge that severs pāśa and halts punarjanma.