Shloka 74

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

वक्तुं मया सुरेशानि ऋषिसंघाभिपूजितम् किं मया वर्ण्यते देवी ह्य् अविमुक्तफलोदयः

Transliteration

vaktuṃ mayā sureśāni ṛṣisaṃghābhipūjitam kiṃ mayā varṇyate devī hy avimuktaphalodayaḥ

Translation

Wahai Dewi, wahai Ratu para dewa—apakah yang mampu aku huraikan? Avimukta itu, yang buah pahalanya sentiasa nyata, dan kemuliaannya dihormati serta dipuja oleh himpunan para ṛṣi.

Word by Word

• वक्तुम् (vaktum): to speak, to describe

• मया (mayā): by me

• सुरेशानि (sureśāni): O mistress of the gods (address to the Goddess)

• ऋषिसंघ (ṛṣi-saṃgha): assembly of sages

• अभिपूजितम् (abhipūjitam): highly worshipped, venerated

• किम् (kim): what? how?

• मया (mayā): by me

• वर्ण्यते (varṇyate): is described, can be expressed

• देवी (devī): O Goddess

• हि (hi): indeed

• अविमुक्त (avimukta): Avimukta (the never-abandoned sacred kṣetra, Kāśī)

• फल (phala): fruit, spiritual result

• उदयः (udayaḥ): arising, manifestation, dawning

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Avimukta-mahatmya within the Linga Purana’s discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Devi
• Rishis
• Avimukta (Kashi)

FAQs

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

It elevates Avimukta (Kāśī) as a supreme Shaiva kṣetra where the fruits of Shiva-oriented worship arise unfailingly, implying that Linga-pūjā performed there swiftly bears siddhi and mokṣa-oriented merit.

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

By stressing the inexhaustible, ever-arising “fruit” of Avimukta, the verse implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the unfailing bestower of grace—whose presence in a kṣetra makes liberation-oriented results continuously accessible to the pashu (bound soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to kṣetra-sevā and Shaiva worship (especially Linga-pūjā, japa, and vrata in Avimukta) as a direct means for the pashu to loosen pāśa (bondage) through Shiva’s anugraha (grace).