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Shloka 23

कैलासं प्रस्थितां चैव नदीं गड्जां महातपा: । आनयत्‌ तत्सरो दिव्यं तया भिन्न च तत्सर:

kailāsaṁ prasthitāṁ caiva nadīṁ gaṅgāṁ mahātapāḥ | ānayat tatsaro divyaṁ tayā bhinnaṁ ca tatsaraḥ ||

قال بهيشما: إنّ الزهّادَ العظامَ أدخلوا نهرَ الغانغا (Gaṅgā)، وقد كان متوجّهًا إلى كايلاسا (Kailāsa)، في تلك البحيرة السماوية. فما إن دخلت الغانغا حتى كسرت سَدَّ البحيرة؛ ومن الثَّلمة التي أحدثتها الغانغا خرج مجرى ماءٍ ذاع صيته باسم نهر «سَرَيو» (Sarayū).

कैलासम्to Kailāsa (mountain)
कैलासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकैलास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रस्थिताम्having set out / departed
प्रस्थिताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रस्थित (प्र-स्था)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नदीम्the river
नदीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनदी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गङ्गाम्Gaṅgā
गङ्गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
महातपाःgreat ascetics (those of great austerity)
महातपाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आनयत्brought / led
आनयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनी (आ-नी)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सरःlake
सरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दिव्यम्divine
दिव्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तयाby her (by Gaṅgā)
तया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
भिन्नम्broken / split
भिन्नम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न (भिद्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सरःlake
सरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
गङ्गा (Gaṅgā)
कैलास (Kailāsa)
दिव्य सरोवर (divine lake/reservoir)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights sacred causality in tīrtha-traditions: the power of tapas and the sanctifying force of Gaṅgā shape the land itself, giving rise to revered waterways and places of pilgrimage.

Great ascetics redirect Gaṅgā into a celestial lake; upon entering, Gaṅgā breaks the lake’s barrier, and the resulting outflow becomes known as the Sarayū river.