Shloka 117

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

Devanagari script

विविशुर्हृदयं सर्वे दग्धसंसारबीजिनः पञ्चाक्षरस्य वै बीजं संस्मरन्तः सुशोभनम्

Transliteration

viviśurhṛdayaṃ sarve dagdhasaṃsārabījinaḥ pañcākṣarasya vai bījaṃ saṃsmarantaḥ suśobhanam

Translation

వారందరూ హృదయ-గుహలో ప్రవేశించారు; వారి సంసారబీజాలు దగ్ధమైపోయాయి. వారు శివుని పంచాక్షర మంత్రంలోని ప్రకాశమయ బీజాన్ని నిరంతరం స్మరించారు.

Word by Word

• विविशुः: entered

• हृदयं: the heart, inner consciousness

• सर्वे: all

• दग्ध: burnt, incinerated

• संसार: worldly existence, transmigration

• बीजिनः: those having seeds (latent impressions/causal seeds)

• पञ्चाक्षरस्य: of the five-syllabled (mantra)

• वै: indeed

• बीजं: seed-syllable/essence (bīja)

• संस्मरन्तः: remembering, recollecting (japa-dhyāna)

• सुशोभनम्: very beautiful, radiant, auspicious

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shifts worship from merely external offerings to inner Linga-realization: by remembering the Pañcākṣara’s bīja, the devotee’s saṃsāra-seeds are burned, making the heart the true altar where Shiva (Pati) is approached.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the radiant, purifying essence accessed through the Pañcākṣara; He is the Pati who dissolves pāśa (bondage) by consuming the causal bīja of saṃsāra within the pashu’s heart-awareness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Mantra-smaraṇa/japa of the Pañcākṣara (Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward absorption (hṛdaya-praveśa), a Pāśupata-leaning discipline where remembrance burns vāsanā-bīja and stabilizes inner purity.