Shloka 54

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर् मुच्यते नात्र संशयः प्रातः स्नात्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठाः शिवतीर्थेषु मानवः

Transliteration

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpair mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ prātaḥ snātvā muniśreṣṭhāḥ śivatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ

Translation

Ó melhor dos sábios! Aquele que se banha ao amanhecer nos tīrthas sagrados de Śiva é libertado de pecados como o brahmahatyā; disso não há dúvida. Pois o Senhor, o Pati, santifica estas águas, e assim o paśu, a alma atada, é afrouxado dos laços (pāśa) do demérito.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः: by (sins) beginning with brahmahatyā

• पापैः: by sins

• मुच्यते: is released/freed

• न: not

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• संशयः: doubt

• प्रातः: at dawn

• स्नात्वा: having bathed

• मुनिश्रेष्ठाः: O best of sages

• शिवतीर्थेषु: in Shiva’s tīrthas (holy bathing places)

• मानवः: a human being/person

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It links Shiva’s sanctified tīrthas to practical purification: by dawn bathing at Shiva’s holy places, even grave sins are said to be removed, preparing the worshipper for Linga-pūjā with greater inner and outer purity.

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

Shiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord whose presence makes a tīrtha spiritually potent; contact with what is consecrated to him loosens pāśa (bondage) and restores the paśu toward purity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Prātaḥ-snānā (dawn bathing) at Shiva-tīrthas is highlighted as a purificatory rite that supports Shaiva sādhana—cleansing pāpa and stabilizing the practitioner for mantra, pūjā, and Pāśupata-oriented discipline.