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Shloka 19

Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography

भारत! धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ भीष्मने वहाँ उपस्थित हुए महाभाग महर्षिका शास्त्रोक्त विधिसे पूजन किया ।। शिरसा चार्घ्यमादाय शुचि: प्रयतमानस: । नाम संकीर्तयामास तस्मिन्‌ ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमे,उन्होंने पवित्र एवं एकाग्रचित्त होकर (पुलस्त्यजीके दिये हुए) अर्घ्यको सिरपर धारण करके जन ब्रह्मर्षिश्रेष्ठ पुलस्त्यजीको अपने नामका इस प्रकार परिचय दिया--

śirasā cārghyam ādāya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | nāma saṅkīrtayām āsa tasmin brahmarṣi-sattame ||

يا بهاراتا، إنّ بهيشما النبيل—أعظمَ أهل الصلاح—أكرم المَهَرِشي الجليل الحاضر هناك، فأقام العبادة على وفق القاعدة الشاسترية. وقد كان طاهرًا، ثابتَ القلب منضبطَ الذهن؛ فرفع الأَرْغْيَا (arghya) بإجلالٍ فوق رأسه، ثم أمام أفضل البراهمَرِشيّات (Pulastya) أعلن اسمه هو إعلانًا رسميًّا للتعريف بنفسه.

शिरसाwith (his) head; on the head
शिरसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्घ्यम्arghya (honorary offering of water etc.)
अर्घ्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदायhaving taken; taking up
आदाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + दा
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
शुचिःpure; clean
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रयतमानसःwith disciplined/collected mind
प्रयतमानसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत-मानस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामname
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
संकीर्तयामासproclaimed; announced; recited aloud
संकीर्तयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + कीर्त्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तस्मिन्in/at that (place/time/person)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
ब्रह्मर्षि-सत्तमेin/unto the best of Brahmarishis
ब्रह्मर्षि-सत्तमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मर्षि-सत्तम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
B
Bhīṣma
P
Pulastya (Brahmarṣi)
A
Arghya (honorific offering)
B
Bhārata (address to the listener/descendant of Bharata)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharma expressed as reverence and proper conduct toward realized sages: purity, mental discipline, and scripturally guided hospitality (offering arghya and respectful self-introduction) are ethical markers of a righteous person.

Nārada narrates that Bhīṣma, present before the great Brahmarṣi Pulastya, performs the prescribed worship, takes up the arghya in a gesture of deep respect, and then announces his name to the sage as a formal introduction.