Shloka 183

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

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति वाराणस्यां यथा मृतः तथैव मम सायुज्यं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti vārāṇasyāṃ yathā mṛtaḥ tathaiva mama sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

അവൻ അതേ ഫലം നേടുന്നു—വാരാണസിയിൽ മരിക്കുന്നവൻ നേടുന്നതുപോലെ. അതുപോലെ തന്നെ അവൻ എനിക്കൊപ്പം സായുജ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• तत्फलम्: that fruit/result

• समवाप्नोति: fully attains/obtains

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

• यथा: just as

• मृतः: (one who has) died

• तथैव: so indeed/in the same manner

• मम: with Me/of Me

• सायुज्यम्: sāyujya, intimate union/identity in liberation

• लभते: obtains

• न: not

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• संशयः: doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya, conveying Shiva’s assurance of liberation-fruit)