Shloka 72

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

Devanagari script

गच्छोपशमम् ईशेति उपशान्तः शिवस् तथा अत्राहं ब्रह्मणानीय स्थापितः परमेष्ठिना

Transliteration

gacchopaśamam īśeti upaśāntaḥ śivas tathā atrāhaṃ brahmaṇānīya sthāpitaḥ parameṣṭhinā

Translation

“హే ఈశా, ఉపశమానికి పో—శాంతించు” అని చెప్పగా శివుడు శాంతుడయ్యాడు. ఆపై బ్రహ్మ నన్ను ఇక్కడికి తీసుకొని వచ్చి పరమేష్ఠి నన్ను స్థాపించాడు; పూజార్థం ప్రభువు సన్నిధి నిలిచేలా।

Word by Word

• गच्छ (gaccha): go/enter

• उपशमम् (upaśamam): into pacification, quiescence

• ईश (īśa): O Lord, the Sovereign (Śiva as Pati)

• इति (iti): thus

• उपशान्तः (upaśāntaḥ): pacified, calmed

• शिवः (śivaḥ): Śiva

• तथा (tathā): then/so

• अत्र (atra): here

• अहम् (aham): I

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā): by Brahmā

• आनीय (ānīya): having brought

• स्थापितः (sthāpitaḥ): installed, established

• परमेष्ठिना (parameṣṭhinā): by Parameṣṭhin, the Supreme Ordainer (often an epithet of Brahmā or the supreme regulator in the rite)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal account connected with Brahmā and Śiva’s pacification/installation narrative)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Parameshthin

FAQs

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

It links Linga-sthāpanā (installation) with upaśama (pacification): the Lord’s presence becomes ritually approachable when Śiva is invoked into शांत-भाव, and the worship-seat is formally established by Brahmā/Parameṣṭhin.

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

Śiva is Īśa/Pati—sovereign over all pashus—yet He is also the one who freely assumes “upaśānta” (quiescent, gracious accessibility) for the sake of devotees and cosmic order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Upaśama—inner calming and cessation of agitation—is implied as a prerequisite mood for pūjā; ritually, it corresponds to śānti-invocation and the formal act of sthāpanā (establishing the worship-form).