Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

तस्मात्संसेवनीयं हि अविमुक्तं हि मुक्तये जैगीषव्यः परां सिद्धिं गतो यत्र महातपाः

Transliteration

tasmātsaṃsevanīyaṃ hi avimuktaṃ hi muktaye jaigīṣavyaḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ gato yatra mahātapāḥ

Translation

因此，为求解脱，阿毗穆克塔（迦尸）确应恒常依止与奉事；因为就在彼处，大苦行者阇伊吉沙毗耶证得至上成就——在主宰帕提之下得解脱，主宰能斩断束缚众生（帕舒）之绳索帕沙。

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore

• saṃsevanīyam: to be assiduously resorted to/served

• hi: indeed

• avimuktam: Avimukta (the never-abandoned sacred kṣetra of Śiva, i.e., Kāśī)

• muktaye: for liberation

• jaigīṣavyaḥ: (the sage) Jaigīṣavya

• parām: supreme

• siddhim: attainment/perfection

• gataḥ: attained/reached

• yatra: where

• mahā-tapāḥ: great asceticity/great tapas (one possessing intense austerity)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the kṣetra-māhātmya within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Avimukta (Kashi)
• Jaigishavya

FAQs

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

It elevates Avimukta (Kāśī), Śiva’s never-abandoned kṣetra, as a primary support for mukti—implying that dwelling, serving, and worshipping Śiva (often through Liṅga-upāsanā) there powerfully dissolves pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (soul).

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord whose presence sanctifies Avimukta as a direct means to the supreme siddhi; liberation is not merely an attainment of power, but release from bondage through proximity to Śiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Saṃsevanā of the kṣetra—steady residence/visitation, service, and disciplined tapas—aligned with Shaiva sādhanā (Pāśupata-oriented renunciation and Śiva-upāsanā) as the practical means leading to parā-siddhi (mukti).