Shloka 90

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

Devanagari script

इदं मन्ये महाक्षेत्रं निवासो योगिनां परम् क्षेत्रमध्ये च यत्राहं स्वयं भूत्वाग्रमास्थितः

Transliteration

idaṃ manye mahākṣetraṃ nivāso yogināṃ param kṣetramadhye ca yatrāhaṃ svayaṃ bhūtvāgramāsthitaḥ

Translation

मी याला महाक्षेत्र मानतो—योग्यांचे परम निवासस्थान. कारण या क्षेत्राच्या मध्यभागी मी स्वयं प्रकट होऊन अग्रस्थानी प्रतिष्ठित आहे.

Word by Word

• idam: this

• manye: I consider/I deem

• mahā-kṣetram: great sacred field (tirtha/kshetra)

• nivāsaḥ: abode/dwelling

• yoginām: of yogins

• param: supreme

• kṣetra-madhye: in the middle/heart of the field

• ca: and

• yatra: where

• aham: I (Shiva as Pati)

• svayam: by Myself

• bhūtvā: having become/having manifested

• agram: at the forefront/at the summit/as the foremost

• āsthitaḥ: stands established/abides

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking within Suta’s narration