Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

पराशरसुतौ योगी ऋषिर्व्यासो महातपाः मम भक्तो भविष्यश् च वेदसंस्थाप्रवर्तकः

Transliteration

parāśarasutau yogī ṛṣirvyāso mahātapāḥ mama bhakto bhaviṣyaś ca vedasaṃsthāpravartakaḥ

Translation

ਪਰਾਸ਼ਰ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਯੋਗੀ ਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਵਿਆਸ, ਮਹਾਤਪਸਵੀ, ਮੇਰਾ ਭਗਤ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਵੇਦਿਕ ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਦੀ ਸਥਾਪਨਾ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਰਤਨ ਕਰੇਗਾ।

Word by Word

• पराशरसुतौ: son of Parāśara

• योगी: yogin, master of yoga

• ऋषिः: seer, sage

• व्यासः: Vyāsa (the compiler/divider of revelation)

• महातपाः: great in austerity

• मम: My

• भक्तः: devotee

• भविष्यत्: will be, will become

• च: and

• वेद: the Veda(s)

• संस्था: established order, institution, proper arrangement

• प्रवर्तकः: initiator, one who sets in motion/restores

Speaker

Shiva (within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)