Shloka 48
The Greatness of Kāśī (Kāśī-māhātmya) and Avimukta’s Liberative Power
विषयासक्तचित्तोऽपि त्यक्तभक्तिमतिर्नरः । इह क्षेत्रे मृतः सोऽपि संसारं न पुनर्विशेत् ॥ ४८ ॥
viṣayāsaktacitto'pi tyaktabhaktimatirnaraḥ | iha kṣetre mṛtaḥ so'pi saṃsāraṃ na punarviśet || 48 ||
Mesmo que sua mente esteja apegada aos objetos dos sentidos e tenha abandonado a disposição para a bhakti, se morrer aqui, neste kṣetra sagrado, até ele não volta a entrar no saṃsāra.
Narada Purana narrator (tirtha/kshetra-mahatmya discourse; speaker traditionally attributed within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It declares the extraordinary salvific power (prabhāva) of the sacred kṣetra: death in that holy place is said to cut off return to saṃsāra, even for a person still bound by sense-attachment.
By contrasting “tyakta-bhakti-mati” with the kṣetra’s grace, it implies that bhakti is the normative means, yet the Lord’s mercy operating through a powerful tirtha/kshetra can uplift even those whose devotion is weak or abandoned.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is tirtha-dharma—recognizing kṣetra-mahātmya and the purāṇic principle that pilgrimage and holy-place observances generate liberating merit.