Shloka 59
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
शूलिनो ब्रह्मणो हत्या नापैति स्म च या क्वचित् । सा काश्यां क्षणतो नष्टा तस्मात्सेव्या हि काशिका
śūlino brahmaṇo hatyā nāpaiti sma ca yā kvacit | sā kāśyāṃ kṣaṇato naṣṭā tasmātsevyā hi kāśikā
శూలినుడు (శివుడు) పై అంటుకున్న బ్రహ్మహత్యాపాపం ఎక్కడా తొలగకపోయినా, అది కాశీలో క్షణమాత్రంలో నశించింది. అందుచేత కాశికా సేవనీయము.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The verse states Kāśī’s singular capacity: the brahmahatyā-taint that could not be removed elsewhere is destroyed instantly in Kāśī. This frames Kāśī as Śiva’s chosen kṣetra where His grace overrides otherwise intractable karmic residues.
Significance: Kāśī is recommended as ‘sevyā’—to be served/visited—because it is portrayed as the supreme purifier and liberator, especially for grave sins (mahāpātaka).
Role: liberating
FAQs
It proclaims Kāśī as a uniquely grace-filled Śiva-kṣetra where even the heaviest karmic bondage (pāśa), symbolized by brahma-hatyā, is dissolved quickly by Lord Śiva’s presence—highlighting liberation through Pati’s anugraha (divine favor).
Kāśī is revered as a direct domain of Saguna Śiva (Viśveśvara). Worship, service, and remembrance of Śiva there—especially of the Liṅga—are taught to accelerate purification, making the mind fit for Śiva-jñāna and mokṣa.
The takeaway is tīrtha-sevā and Śiva-upāsanā in Kāśī: serve the kṣetra, worship Śiva (Liṅga), and maintain steady japa of Śiva’s names—classically the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a purification-oriented discipline.