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

നിയമിതമായ മനസ്സോടെ ഇതിന്റെ (ശിവലിംഗത്തിന്റെ) ദർശനം ചെയ്താൽ ഉടൻ തന്നെ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകും; മരണാനന്തരം ആ ജീവൻ വീണ്ടും ജനിക്കുകയില്ല, സംസാരഭ്രമണത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങുകയുമില്ല.

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.