तस्मिन्मृता महाराज निष्कामाः कामतोऽपि वा । ते यान्ति शिवसायुज्यं जरा मरणवर्जितम्
tasminmṛtā mahārāja niṣkāmāḥ kāmato'pi vā | te yānti śivasāyujyaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam
اے مہاراج! جو وہاں مرتے ہیں—خواہ بے خواہش ہوں یا خواہش کے ساتھ بھی—وہ شِو کے ساتھ سائیوجیہ (اتحاد) پاتے ہیں، جو بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک حالت ہے۔
Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A solemn yet luminous scene: a devotee’s last moments within Arbuda’s sacred precinct; Śiva’s compassionate presence (or a radiant liṅga) appears, drawing the departing jīva upward into a calm, deathless union, while the mountain shrine and tīrtha waters glow.
A supremely sanctified tirtha can grant Śiva-union; the place’s grace can transcend the visitor’s inner state of desire.
The sacred locale praised in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa Māhātmya (Arbuda region/tirtha context) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed in this verse; it states the salvific fruit associated with dying in that holy place.