Shloka 91

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

Devanagari script

मध्यमेश्वरमित्येवं ख्यातः सर्वसुरासुरैः सिद्धानां स्थानमेतद्धि मदीयव्रतधारिणाम्

Transliteration

madhyameśvaramityevaṃ khyātaḥ sarvasurāsuraiḥ siddhānāṃ sthānametaddhi madīyavratadhāriṇām

Translation

അവൻ എല്ലാ ദേവാസുരന്മാരിലും ‘മധ്യമേശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ. ഇത് എന്റെ വ്രതങ്ങൾ ധരിക്കുന്ന സിദ്ധന്മാരുടെ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനമാണ്.

Word by Word

• मध्यमेश्वरम् (madhyameśvaram): Madhyameśvara (Shiva in the ‘middle’/central station)

• इति (iti): thus

• एवम् (evaṁ): in this manner

• ख्यातः (khyātaḥ): famed, well-known

• सर्व-सुर-असुरैः (sarva-sura-asuraiḥ): by all devas and asuras

• सिद्धानाम् (siddhānāṁ): of the Siddhas (perfected beings)

• स्थानम् (sthānam): abode, seat, sacred place

• एतत् (etat): this

• हि (hi): indeed

• मदीय (madīya): My

• व्रत-धारिणाम् (vrata-dhāriṇām): of vow-bearers/observers (vow-practitioners).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-centered kshetra-mahatmya; the phrase 'madīya' reflects Shiva’s quoted authority within the narration)