Shloka 98

Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits

Devanagari script

उपोष्य रजनीमेकां मासि भाद्रपदे शुभे / अमावस्यां नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद् वृषभध्वजम्

Transliteration

upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ māsi bhādrapade śubhe / amāvasyāṃ naraḥ snātvā pūjayed vṛṣabhadhvajam

Translation

في شهر بهادرابادا المبارك، بعد صيام ليلة واحدة، ينبغي للمرء أن يغتسل يوم الأَمَاوَاسْيَا (المحاق) ثم يعبد «فْرِشَبَهَدْهْفَجَا»؛ شيفا ربًّا رايته تحمل الثور.

Word by Word

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप + वस् (धातु) → उपोष्य (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having fasted’

• रजनीम्: night
• रजनीम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एकाम्: one
• एकाम्: विशेषण (modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; रजनीम् इति विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• भाद्रपदे: of Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: विशेषण (modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; भाद्रपदे इति विशेषण

• अमावस्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावस्याम्: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• वृषभध्वजम्: Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘whose banner is a bull’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages (Kurma Purana vrata-vidhi context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vrishabhadhvaja
• Bhadrapada
• Amavasya

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It frames liberation-oriented discipline through devotional observance: bodily purification (snāna) and self-restraint (fasting) are directed toward Īśvara (Śiva), implying that inner purification and God-centered worship support realization of the highest principle.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

A preparatory sādhanā is indicated: upavāsa (fasting) for sense-control and snāna (ritual bathing) for purity, culminating in pūjā. In Kurma Purana’s broader Pāśupata-leaning ethos, these function as external supports for inner discipline and one-pointed devotion.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

With Lord Kūrma (a form of Viṣṇu) prescribing worship of Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva), the text reinforces a synthetic, non-sectarian stance where devotion to Śiva is affirmed within a Vaiṣṇava narrative voice.