विश्वेश्वर उवाच । त्रिलोक्यां यानि तीर्थानि भूर्भुवःस्वः स्थितान्यपि । तेभ्योखिलेभ्यस्तीर्थेभ्यः शिवतीर्थमिदं परम्
viśveśvara uvāca | trilokyāṃ yāni tīrthāni bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ sthitānyapi | tebhyokhilebhyastīrthebhyaḥ śivatīrthamidaṃ param
Вишвешвара сказал: «Какие бы тиртхи ни существовали в трёх мирах — на земле, в срединной области и на небесах, — это Шива-тиртха превыше всех них».
Viśveśvara/Śiva
The Lord declares a particular Śaiva tīrtha as spiritually unsurpassed, elevating pilgrimage as a path to purification and grace.
Śiva-tīrtha in Kāśī (the chapter’s featured tīrtha, later named Jñānoda).
The verse is chiefly declarative; it establishes the tīrtha’s preeminence, implying pilgrimage and darśana as key acts.