Shloka 125

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

Devanagari script

सर्वपर्वसु पुण्येषु विषुवेष्वयनेषु च पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थानि वाराणस्यां तु जाह्नवीम्

Transliteration

sarvaparvasu puṇyeṣu viṣuveṣvayaneṣu ca pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni vārāṇasyāṃ tu jāhnavīm

Translation

ในทุกวาระมงคลแห่งปัรวะ-สันธิ ในคราววิษุวัตและอายนะ ตีรถะทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดินย่อมมาชุมนุม; แต่ที่พาราณสีนั้น ชาห์นวี (คงคา) ปรากฏเด่นเป็นพิเศษ

Word by Word

• सर्व-पर्वसु: at all sacred junction-days/festivals

• पुण्येषु: on auspicious occasions

• विषुवेषु: at the equinoxes

• अयनेषु: at the solstices/half-year transitions

• च: and

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth

• सर्व-तीर्थानि: all pilgrimage-fords/holy places

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

• तु: but/indeed

• जाह्नवीम्: Jāhnavī, the river Gaṅgā

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Jahnavi (Ganga)
• Varanasi (Kashi)

FAQs

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

It prioritizes sacred timing (parva, equinox, solstice) and sacred place (Kāśī), indicating that Shiva-pūjā and Liṅga-arcana performed there—especially with Gaṅgā as witness—yields concentrated tīrtha-phala (pilgrimage merit).

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

By teaching that all tīrthas can converge through time and place, it implies Shiva as Pati—the all-pervading Lord—who makes the sacred effective; Kāśī functions as a Shaiva kṣetra where liberation-oriented grace is especially accessible to the paśu (bound soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) in Gaṅgā at Kāśī and Shiva-pūjā at auspicious calendrical junctions (parva, viṣuva, ayana), aligning observance with dharma-kāla for intensified merit and inner purification.