Shloka 65

The Greatness of Kāśī (Kāśī-māhātmya) and Avimukta’s Liberative Power

Devanagari script

समुद्रस्यैव रत्नानामविमुक्तस्य विस्तरः । ज्ञानविज्ञाननिष्ठानां परमानन्दमिच्छताम् ॥ ६५ ॥

Transliteration

samudrasyaiva ratnānāmavimuktasya vistaraḥ | jñānavijñānaniṣṭhānāṃ paramānandamicchatām || 65 ||

Translation

ดุจมหาสมุทรเป็นคลังแก้วมณีอันกว้างใหญ่ ฉันนั้นอวิมุกตะก็แผ่ไพศาลและอุดมสมบูรณ์สำหรับผู้ตั้งมั่นในญาณและวิญญาณ ผู้แสวงหาปรมานันทะอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• रत्नानाम्: of jewels
• रत्नानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अविमुक्तस्य: of Avimukta (the sacred place)
• अविमुक्तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-नाम (proper/place-name usage)

• विस्तरः: expanse/extent
• विस्तरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ज्ञान-विज्ञान-निष्ठानाम्: of those devoted to knowledge and realization
• ज्ञान-विज्ञान-निष्ठानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (निष्ठा), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—ज्ञानविज्ञानयोः निष्ठा येषाम् (genitive determinative)

• परम-आनन्दम्: supreme bliss
• परम-आनन्दम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—परमः आनन्दः

• इच्छताम्: of (those) desiring
• इच्छताम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु) → इच्छत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘इच्छत्’ = desiring

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta (Kashi)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It portrays Avimukta (Kāśī) as a boundless spiritual treasury—like an ocean of jewels—especially fruitful for seekers grounded in both scriptural knowledge (jñāna) and realized insight (vijñāna), leading toward supreme bliss (paramānanda).

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Though the verse emphasizes jñāna and vijñāna, it supports bhakti indirectly by elevating Avimukta as a sacred locus where sincere seekers—often approaching with devotion, pilgrimage, and worship—gain inner clarity and the bliss that devotion ultimately aims at.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the Narada Purana’s tirtha-focused guidance that sacred places like Avimukta are especially conducive to deepening jñāna (doctrinal understanding) into vijñāna (direct realization).