Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

गोप्रेक्षकम् अथागम्य दृष्ट्वा मामत्र मानवः न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति कल्मषैश् च विमुच्यते

Transliteration

goprekṣakam athāgamya dṛṣṭvā māmatra mānavaḥ na durgatimavāpnoti kalmaṣaiś ca vimucyate

Translation

ഗോപ്രേക്ഷകത്തിൽ എത്തി ഇവിടെ എന്നെ ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ ദുർഗതി പ്രാപിക്കുകയില്ല; കല്മഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമും വിമുക്തനാകും.

Word by Word

• गोप्रेक्षकम्: (to) Goprekṣaka (a sacred Shiva-site/tīrtha)

• अथ: then/thereupon

• आगम्य: having come

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/after beholding

• माम्: Me (Śiva as Pati)

• अत्र: here (in this kṣetra)

• मानवः: a human being (pāśa-bound pashu)

• न: not

• दुर्गतिम्: evil state/inauspicious rebirth

• अवाप्नोति: attains/reaches

• कल्मषैः: from sins/impurities

• च: and

• विमुच्यते: is freed/released

Speaker

Shiva (as the presiding Lord of the kṣetra), within Suta’s narration to the sages

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It states that even Shiva’s darśana at a consecrated kṣetra (Goprekṣaka) grants protection from durgati and burns kalmaṣa, underscoring that Linga-darśana is a direct means of grace from Pati to the paśu.

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

Shiva is presented as the liberating Pati whose mere presence and vision remove impurity (kalmaṣa) and avert fallen destinies, indicating His anugraha-śakti (grace) operating beyond ordinary karmic limitation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Kṣetra-yātrā and Shiva-darśana (pilgrimage and sacred viewing) are emphasized; in a Pāśupata sense, approaching the Lord and receiving His darśana functions as a purifying upāya that loosens pāśa (bondage).