Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation
यजेत जुहुयान्नित्यं ददात्यर्चयते ऽमरान् / वायुभक्षश्च सततं वाराणस्यां स्तितो नरः
yajeta juhuyānnityaṃ dadātyarcayate 'marān / vāyubhakṣaśca satataṃ vārāṇasyāṃ stito naraḥ
وارانسی میں رہنے والا انسان نِتّ یَجْیَہ کرے، ہوم کی آہوتی دے، دان کرے، اور اَمر دیوتاؤں کی ارچنا کرے؛ اور ہمیشہ ضبطِ نفس میں رہ کر گویا ہوا ہی کو آہار بنا لے۔
Sūta (traditional narrator) conveying tīrtha-māhātmya instruction within the Kurma Purana’s discourse
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Indirectly: it emphasizes purification through yajña, dāna, and tapas—disciplines that steady the mind and make it fit to recognize the Self beyond ritual action.
Austerity and restraint (tapas/saṃyama) are stressed through the idea of being ‘vāyubhakṣa’ (living with extreme fasting/breath-sustained discipline), alongside daily sacred action (nitya-karma) that supports inner steadiness.
By focusing on Kāśī and deva-worship without sectarian exclusion, it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis where disciplined practice and tīrtha-centered worship can be oriented toward the one Supreme reality revered through Shaiva and Vaishnava forms.