Shloka 59
The Greatness of Avimukta (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī) and the Doctrine of Liberation-in-One-Life
यैः समाराधितो रुद्रः पूर्वस्मिन्नेकजन्मनि । ते विदंति परं क्षेत्रमविमुक्तं शिवालयम्
yaiḥ samārādhito rudraḥ pūrvasminnekajanmani | te vidaṃti paraṃ kṣetramavimuktaṃ śivālayam
ผู้ใดได้บูชารุทราโดยถูกต้องตามพิธีในชาติเดียวก่อนกาล ผู้นั้นเท่านั้นย่อมรู้จักเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันสูงสุด คือ อวิมุกตะ—ศิวาลัย อันเป็นที่ประทับของพระศิวะ
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 33 for exact speaker attribution).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: temple
Sandhi Resolution Notes: pūrvasmin+eka-janmani → pūrvasminnekajanmani; kṣetram+avimuktam → kṣetramavimuktam.
FAQs
It presents Avimukta as the “supreme sacred field” and explicitly identifies it as Śiva’s own abode, implying exceptional sanctity among tīrthas.
It teaches that sincere worship of Rudra in a previous lifetime becomes the qualifying cause by which a person gains recognition/realization of Avimukta as the highest kṣetra.
Consistent, wholehearted devotion (ārādhana) is portrayed as spiritually cumulative—its fruits may mature across lifetimes, leading one toward the highest sacred goals and places.