Shloka 151

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

Devanagari script

मध्यमेश्वरमित्युक्तं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् अमरेश्वरं च वरदं देवैः पूर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्

Transliteration

madhyameśvaramityuktaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam amareśvaraṃ ca varadaṃ devaiḥ pūrvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

Translation

ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ‘ਮੱਧ੍ਯਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਵਰਦ ‘ਅਮਰੇਸ਼ਵਰ’ ਨੂੰ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• मध्यमेश्वरम्: Madhyameśvara (the Lord named ‘Madhyama’/‘the Central Lord’)

• इति: thus

• उक्तम्: is said/called

• त्रिषु: in the three

• लोकेषु: worlds

• विश्रुतम्: widely renowned

• अमरेश्वरम्: Amareśvara (Lord of the immortals/Devas)

• च: and

• वरदम्: boon-giver, granter of blessings

• देवैः: by the Devas

• पूर्वम्: formerly/earlier

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established, installed (as a liṅga).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)