Shloka 37
The Greatness of Kāśī (Avimukta): Pilgrimage Calendar, Yātrā-Dharma, and the Network of Śiva-Liṅgas
शोकं जरां मृत्युबंधं ततो न स्पृशते नरः । तस्मिन्स्रातः शिवः साक्षादोंकारेश्वरसंज्ञितः ॥ ३७ ॥
śokaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyubaṃdhaṃ tato na spṛśate naraḥ | tasminsrātaḥ śivaḥ sākṣādoṃkāreśvarasaṃjñitaḥ || 37 ||
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യനെ ദുഃഖം, ജര, മരണബന്ധനം എന്നിവ സ്പർശിക്കുകയില്ല; കാരണം അവിടെ ‘ഓംകാരേശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ സാക്ഷാൽ ശിവൻ പ്രത്യക്ഷനാണ്.
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares the tīrtha-power of Omkāreśvara: bathing there is said to free one from grief, the decay of aging, and the mortal bondage that binds beings to repeated death.
It centers devotion on direct divine presence—Śiva as Omkāreśvara—showing that reverent pilgrimage and sacred bathing, performed with faith, becomes a bhakti-act leading toward release from saṃsāra’s afflictions.
Ritual practice is implied through tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing) as a dharmic observance; it aligns with kalpa-style ritual discipline rather than technical topics like vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa in this specific verse.