Portentous phenomena (ariṣṭa) - Verse 73
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 91.73
Sanskrit Original
अथवारिष्टमालोक्य मरणे समुपस्थिते। अविमुक्तेश्वरं गत्वा वाराणस्यां तु शोधनम।।
athavāriṣṭamālokya maraṇe samupasthite| avimukteśvaraṃ gatvā vārāṇasyāṃ tu śodhanam||
Or after seeing any evil portent [ariṣṭa] and when the time of death has arrived the man shall go to Avimukteśvara in Vārāṇasī and perform the expiatory rite. Somehow the man shall abandon his body there when, O leading brahmins, he is liberated. The man may abandon his body on the mountain, Śrīparvata.[3] He attains identity with Śiva. No doubt need be entertained in this regard. Avimukta is a greatest shrine always bestowing salvation on the creatures. The intelligent man shall resort to it always especially when death is imminent.