Pishacamocana, Piśācamocana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Piśācamocana can be transliterated into English as Pisacamocana or Pishacamocana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pishachamochana.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studyPiśācamocana (पिशाचमोचन) or Piśācamocanatīrtha is the name of a Tīrtha (holy places) situated at Vārāṇasī, according to the Skandapurāṇa (IV.54.12-74).—According to the Saurapurāṇa (one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism) Vārāṇasī has remained a place dear to Śiva. It is supposed to be a place of mokṣa for all living creatures. There are many sacred places and innumerable liṅgas which are even unknown to Brahmā, so says the Saurapurāṇa. [...] The Purāṇas mention Piśācamocana-tīrtha to be at Kāśī.
The Skandapurāṇa relates the legend associated with Piśācamocana thus:
“Once, long ago, there was a devotee of Śiva named Kapardin. He established a liṅga outside Kāśī and built a kuṇḍa called Vimalodaka. A Pāśupata named Vālmīki began practising penance at the kuṇḍa. One day Vālmīki saw a terrible ghost. He asked the ghost how he came to that state. The ghost said that in the former birth he was a Brāhmaṇa staying in Pratisthāna on the Godāvarī. He always resorted to the holy places in greed for gifts; but to inherent hatred for the holy places he was relegated to ghost-hood after death. As a ghost once while he was waiting for enjoyment, he saw a Brāhmaṇa without a kacchā (loincloth) and not attending to his daily rituals. So the ghost entered his body. Unfortunately the Brāhmaṇa went to Kāśī. But the ghost had to stay out as ghosts can’t enter the holy city. Now Vālmīki asked him to have a dip in the kuṇḍa Vimalodaka. This was done and the ghost is released from his ghost-hood. That is why, since then, the place came to be called by the name Piśācamocana”.
The Saurapurāṇa states Piśācamocana to be a unique tīrtha where Kapardīśvara-liṅga is established. It is stated to be the ladder to Rudraloka. Those who visit Kapardīśa become Rudras in human body.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPiśācamocana (पिशाचमोचन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. Oudh. Xiii, 40.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Piśācamocana (पिशाचमोचन):—[=piśāca-mocana] [from piśāca > piś] n. ‘deliverance of the P°s’ Name of [chapter] of [Skanda-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] = -tīrtha, [ib.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Pishaca, Mocana.
Starts with: Pishacamocanakathana, Pishacamocanatirtha.
Full-text: Pishacamocanatirtha, Pishacamocanakathana, Kapardishvaralinga, Kapardishvara, Vimalodaka, Kapardin, Langalisha, Ghantakarnahrada, Valmiki, Ghantakarna, Katara, Virahakatara, Pativiraha, Shulapani, Skandapurana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 53b - Piśācamocana Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 54 - The Greatness of Piśācamocana Tīrtha < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya < [Book 5 - Āvantya-khaṇḍa]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 35 - Greatness of Kapardin < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)