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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.82

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 82

मृतब्रह्मोपासकदेहस्थापनव्यवस्थाThe body of a worshipper of Brahman

Verse 82

पुण्यक्षेत्रे च तीर्थे वा देव्याः पार्श्वे विशेषतः । कुलीनानां समीपे वा मरणं शस्तमम्बिके ॥ ८२ ॥

puṇyakṣētrē ca tīrthē vā dēvyāḥ pārśvē viśēṣataḥ | kulīnānāṁ samīpē vā maraṇaṁ śastamambikē || 82 ||

Translation

Death in a holy region or at a place of pilgrimage, above all near the Goddess, or near people of the kula, is praised, Ambikā.

Word by word

puṇya
holy
kṣētrē
in a region
ca
and
tīrthē
at a place of pilgrimage
vā
or
dēvyāḥ
(devyāḥ) of the Goddess
pārśvē
near
viśēṣataḥ
above all
kulīnānāṁ
of people of the kula
samīpē
near
maraṇaṁ
death
śastam
(śastam) is praised
ambikē
O Ambikā

Meaning

Where one dies matters: near the sacred, the Devī's shrine, or Kaula companions.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 79.