Shloka 78

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

Devanagari script

स्वर्लीनेश्वर इत्येवम् अत्राहं स्वयमागतः प्राणान् इह नरस्त्यक्त्वा न पुनर्जायते क्वचित्

Transliteration

svarlīneśvara ityevam atrāhaṃ svayamāgataḥ prāṇān iha narastyaktvā na punarjāyate kvacit

Translation

“ఇలా ఈ స్థలం ‘స్వర్లీనేశ్వర’మని ప్రసిద్ధి. ఇక్కడ నేను స్వయంగా వచ్చాను. ఇక్కడ ప్రాణాలను విడిచిన వాడు ఎక్కడా మళ్లీ జన్మించడు.”

Word by Word

• स्वर्लीनेश्वर (svarlīneśvara): Svarlina-Ishvara, ‘the Lord where one attains heaven/merges into the higher worlds’

• इति एवम् (iti evam): thus indeed/so it is said

• अत्र (atra): here, in this sacred spot

• अहम् (aham): I

• स्वयम् (svayam): personally, by Myself

• आगतः (āgataḥ): have come/arrived (manifested)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān): life-breaths, vital energies

• इह (iha): here

• नरः (naraḥ): a man/person (pashu, the embodied soul)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā): having abandoned, having relinquished

• न (na): not

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• जायते (jāyate): is born

• क्वचित् (kvacit): anywhere, in any place/state.

Speaker

Shiva (as Svarlina-Ishvara), within Suta’s narration to the sages

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares the kshetra as a direct manifestation of Shiva (Pati) and affirms that dying there grants apunarbhava—release from rebirth—showing the Linga-sthana as a liberating seat of grace beyond ordinary merit.

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

Shiva is presented as self-manifest (svayam āgataḥ), the sovereign Pati whose presence can sever pasha (bondage) for the pashu (embodied soul), culminating in freedom from saṃsāra rather than merely heavenly enjoyment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes kshetra-sevā and Linga-upāsanā at a Shiva-tirtha; the implied practice is Pashupata-oriented surrender—living and worshipping in the Lord’s domain so that, by His anugraha (grace), the soul attains non-return.