Shloka 2

Glorification of Vārāṇasī: Kapardīśvara Liṅga and the Piśācamocana Tīrtha

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तिं भुक्तिं च विंदति । पिशाचमोचनं नाम तीर्थमन्यत्ततः स्थितम्

Transliteration

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo muktiṃ bhuktiṃ ca viṃdati | piśācamocanaṃ nāma tīrthamanyattataḥ sthitam

Translation

人得以解脱一切罪垢，并获得解脱（mokṣa）与世间福乐。彼处另有一处圣渡（tīrtha），名为“毗舍遮解脱”（Piśācamocana），意为“脱离毗舍遮”。

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive: is released)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भुक्तिम्: enjoyment, worldly prosperity
• भुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• विन्दति: obtains
• विन्दति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिशाचमोचनम्: (the place called) ‘Release from piśācas’
• पिशाचमोचनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाचमोचन (प्रातिपदिक; पिशाच + मोचन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पिशाचानां मोचनम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (particle: named/called)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tīrtham)

• ततः: from there, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/देश-निर्देशक (from there/thereafter)

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Predicate (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (context likely within a Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue in Svargakhaṇḍa).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्व + पापेभ्यः → सर्वपापेभ्यः; विंदति → विन्दति (अनुस्वार-लेखनभेद); तीर्थम् + अन्यत् → तीर्थमन्यत्

Characters & Entities

• Piśācamocana (Tīrtha)
• Piśāca

FAQs

What does this verse say is gained by visiting the described tīrtha?

It states that a person is freed from all sins and attains both mukti (liberation) and bhukti (worldly enjoyment/prosperity).

What is Piśācamocana according to this verse?

It is named as another tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage site), literally meaning “the place that releases one from piśācas,” i.e., from afflictive, harmful influences personified as piśācas.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied here?

The verse promotes tīrtha-yātrā as a means of purification (freedom from sin) and frames spiritual life as capable of harmonizing worldly well-being (bhukti) with the ultimate goal (mukti).