Shloka 73
अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना
Devanagari script
अथवारिष्टमालोक्य मरणे समुपस्थिते अविमुक्तेश्वरं गत्वा वाराणस्यां तु शोधनम्
Transliteration
athavāriṣṭamālokya maraṇe samupasthite avimukteśvaraṃ gatvā vārāṇasyāṃ tu śodhanam
Translation
अथ वा अरिष्टमालोक्य मरणे समुपस्थिते, अविमुक्तेश्वरं गत्वा वाराणस्यां तु शोधनं भवति।
Word by Word
athathen
atha:
vāor/indeed
vā:
ariṣṭamevil omen, fatal portent
ariṣṭam:
ālokyahaving seen
ālokya:
maraṇein/at death
maraṇe:
samupasthitewhen it has approached, when it is imminent
samupasthite:
avimukteśvaramAvimukteśvara (Śiva, Lord of Avimukta/Varanasi)
avimukteśvaram:
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
vārāṇasyāmin Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
vārāṇasyām:
tuindeed
tu:
śodhanampurification, cleansing (of pāpa and pāśa-bondage).
śodhanam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)