Shloka 37
The Greatness of Kāśī (Avimukta): Pilgrimage Calendar, Yātrā-Dharma, and the Network of Śiva-Liṅgas
शोकं जरां मृत्युबंधं ततो न स्पृशते नरः । तस्मिन्स्रातः शिवः साक्षादोंकारेश्वरसंज्ञितः ॥ ३७ ॥
śokaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyubaṃdhaṃ tato na spṛśate naraḥ | tasminsrātaḥ śivaḥ sākṣādoṃkāreśvarasaṃjñitaḥ || 37 ||
凡在彼处沐浴之人，不再为忧苦、衰老与死亡之系缚所触；因为在那里，湿婆亲自显现，名号即唵迦雷湿伐罗。
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares the tīrtha-power of Omkāreśvara: bathing there is said to free one from grief, the decay of aging, and the mortal bondage that binds beings to repeated death.
It centers devotion on direct divine presence—Śiva as Omkāreśvara—showing that reverent pilgrimage and sacred bathing, performed with faith, becomes a bhakti-act leading toward release from saṃsāra’s afflictions.
Ritual practice is implied through tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing) as a dharmic observance; it aligns with kalpa-style ritual discipline rather than technical topics like vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa in this specific verse.