Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

योगे पाशुपते सम्यक् दिनमेकं यतिर्भवेत् तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य चरेत् पाशुपतं व्रतम्

Transliteration

yoge pāśupate samyak dinamekaṃ yatirbhavet tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya caret pāśupataṃ vratam

Translation

योगे पाशुपते सम्यक् दिनमेकं यतिर्भवेत् । तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य चरेत् पाशुपतं व्रतम् ॥

Word by Word

• योगे (yoge): in yoga/discipline

• पाशुपते (pāśupate): in the Pāśupata (path of Paśupati)

• सम्यक् (samyak): properly, rightly

• दिनम् (dinam): a day

• एकम् (ekam): one

• यतिः (yatir): renunciant, ascetic

• भवेत् (bhavet): becomes

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• सर्वम् (sarvam): everything (worldly ties/possessions)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya): having abandoned

• चरेत् (caret): should practice/undertake

• पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam): Pāśupata (pertaining to Paśupati)

• व्रतम् (vratam): vow, observance

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Pāśupata discipline within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-centered Shaiva practice as a transformative discipline: when one is correctly established in Pāśupata-yoga, renunciation arises swiftly, making worship and observance (vrata) a direct means to loosen pāśa (bondage) and turn the paśu (soul) toward Paśupati (Shiva).

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

Shiva is implied as Paśupati—the sovereign Lord (Pati) who is distinct from the bound soul (paśu) and its fetters (pāśa), and who grants liberation when one aligns with His yoga and vow.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights Pāśupata-yoga and the Pāśupata-vrata: disciplined Shaiva observance grounded in detachment (parityāga) and single-pointed commitment to Paśupati.