Shloka 186
Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers
Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद
अधीत्य सकलान् वेदाल्लेभिरे मोक्षमक्षयम् । इसी दिशामें “शिव” नामसे प्रसिद्ध कुछ सिद्ध ब्राह्मण रहते थे
adhītya sakalān vedān lebhire mokṣam akṣayam |
他们遍学诸吠陀，遂得不坏之解脱。在那一方土地上，又住着几位已臻成就的婆罗门圣者，以“湿婆”（Śiva）之名闻世，精通吠陀之学；他们通贯诸吠陀，而以洞见真实之理为归宿，终于证得不朽不衰的摩克沙（mokṣa）。
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links disciplined Vedic learning—fulfilled by insight into truth (tattva-jñāna)—with the highest human goal: akṣaya mokṣa, liberation that does not perish or diminish.
The speaker (Yuparṇa) describes a locale where accomplished Brahmin sages, famed under the designation “Śiva,” reside; they are portrayed as Veda-masters who, by completing Vedic study and realizing its inner truth, have attained imperishable liberation.