Ahilyabai Holkar · Sanskrit Story
The Kashi Vishwanath Restoration
काशीविश्वनाथमन्दिरम्
Kashi Vishwanath temple historical records; S.N. Sen — History of the Marathas; Vrindavanlal Verma accounts · Beginner Sanskrit
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सेवा सर्वोत्कृष्टः यज्ञः।
Sevā sarvotkṛṣṭaḥ yajñaḥ.
“Service is the highest sacrifice.”
The Lord of Kashi
काशी — वाराणसी — भारतस्य प्राचीनतमं नगरम्। तत्र विश्वनाथः — साक्षात् शिवः — वसति इति भक्ताः विश्वसन्ति। मूलमन्दिरं ध्वस्तम् आसीत्। भक्ताः शोकितानि मनांसि वहन्ति स्म। अहिल्या काश्यां गता — दर्शनाय, संकल्पाय च। "विश्वनाथः काश्यां पुनः प्रकाशिष्यति" — एतत् तस्याः निश्चयः।
Kashi — Varanasi — the most ancient city of India. There, Vishwanath — Lord Shiva himself — is believed to reside by devoted pilgrims. The original temple had been destroyed. Devotees carried sorrow in their hearts. Ahilya went to Kashi — to receive darshan (दर्शन — sacred sight) and to make her resolve. "Vishwanath shall shine again in Kashi" — this was her conviction.
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