Shloka 22

Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Discipline of Pilgrimage (Tīrtha-sevā) within Prāyaścitta

Devanagari script

सहाग्निर्वा सपत्नीको गच्छेत् तीर्थानि यत्नतः / सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो यथोक्तां गतिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

sahāgnirvā sapatnīko gacchet tīrthāni yatnataḥ / sarvapāpavinirmukto yathoktāṃ gatimāpnuyāt

Translation

سواءٌ حملَ النارَ المقدّسة (أغني) أو خرجَ مصحوبًا بزوجته، فعليه أن يقصدَ التيِرثاتِ باجتهاد. فإذا تحرّر من جميع الآثام نالَ المقامَ الموصوفَ من التحرّر.

Word by Word

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Associative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition/adverb: together with)

• अग्निः: fire (sacred fire)
• अग्निः: Sahakari (सहकारी/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचनार्थे (instrumental sense with ‘सह’), प्रथमा-रूपेण प्रयोगः; सह-योगे (with fire)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• सपत्नीको: having a wife
• सपत्नीको: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पत्नी + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (पत्नी अस्ति यस्य)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तीर्थानि: sacred places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यत्नतः: carefully / with effort
• यत्नतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः (अव्यय; यत्न-तस्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: with effort/carefully)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + वि-निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘विनिर्मुक्त’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वेषां पापानां विनिर्मुक्तः)

• यथोक्ताम्: as stated
• यथोक्ताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा + उक्त (कृदन्त; वच् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (यथा-उक्त = as said); ‘गतिम्’ विशेषण

• गतिम्: destination / state
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: should attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) recounting the Kurma Purana’s tirtha-dharma teaching in a sages’ dialogue frame

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Tirtha
• Agni (sacred fire)
• Patnī (wife)

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

It does so indirectly: by stating that sin is removable and a “highest state” is attainable, the verse presupposes a liberative goal beyond karmic impurity—consistent with the Purana’s moksha-oriented vision where realization/attainment transcends pāpa.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This verse emphasizes karma-yoga in the form of dharmic tirtha-yātrā—performed diligently, with household discipline (sacred fire) and the patnī as partner in dharma—presented as a purificatory support that complements later yogic and Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā in the Kurma tradition.

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

Not explicitly; however, the verse reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthesis by framing liberation as reachable through orthodox dharma (tirtha, agni, gṛhastha observance), a shared sacred economy across Shaiva-Vaishnava practice that the text later integrates with higher teachings.