Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.66.27-28

sudakshinas tasya sutah

kritva samstha-vidhim pateh

nihatya pitri-hantaram

yasyamy apacitim pituh

ity atmanabhisandhaya

sopadhyayo mahesvaram

su-dakshino 'rcayam asa

paramena samadhina

SYNONYMS

sudakshinah -- named Sudakshina; tasya -- his (Kasiraja's); sutah -- son; kritva -- executing; samstha-vidhim -- the funeral rituals; pateh -- of his father; nihatya -- by killing; pitri -- of my father; hantaram -- the killer; yasyami -- I will achieve; apacitim -- revenge; pituh -- for my father; iti -- thus; atmana -- with his intelligence; abhisandhaya -- deciding; sa -- with; upadhyayah -- priests; maha-isvaram -- the great Lord Siva; su-dakshinah -- being very charitable; arcayam asa -- he worshiped; paramena -- with great; samadhina -- attention.

TRANSLATION

After the King's son Sudakshina had performed the obligatory funeral rituals for his father, he resolved within his mind: "Only by killing my father's murderer can I avenge his death." Thus the charitable Sudakshina, together with his priests, began worshiping Lord Mahesvara with great attention.

PURPORT

Srila Prabhupada writes, "The lord of the kingdom of Kasi is Visvanatha (Lord Siva). The temple of Lord Visvanatha is still existing in Varanasi, and many thousands of pilgrims still gather daily in that temple."

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