Shloka 68

Kurukṣetra and Sarasvatī Tīrthas: Pilgrimage Itinerary and the Sanctification of Rāma-hrada

Paraśurāma’s Lakes

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मानुस्वरमित्येवं प्रकाशं भुवि भारत । तत्र सप्तर्षिकुंडेषु स्नातस्य भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

brahmānusvaramityevaṃ prakāśaṃ bhuvi bhārata | tatra saptarṣikuṃḍeṣu snātasya bharatarṣabha

Translation

«هكذا يُعرَف هذا الموضع على الأرض باسم “براهْمَانوسْفَرا”، يا بهاراتا. ومَن اغتسل هناك—في أحواض الرِّشيّات السبعة، يا خيرَ آلِ بهاراتا—نال فضلًا عظيمًا.»

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मानुस्वरम्: "brahmānusvara" (as a named sound/term)
• ब्रह्मानुस्वरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (उद्धृत-शब्दः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-अनुस्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) वा नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (पाठभेद-संभव), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—ब्रह्मणः अनुस्वरः/अनुस्वरम् (the nasal sound/anuṣvāra connected with 'brahman'); 'इति' इत्यनेन उद्धरण-रूपेण

• इति: thus/"..."
• इति: उद्धरणचिह्न (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: प्रकार (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• प्रकाशम्: manifestation/utterance/clarification
• प्रकाशम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) वा नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); (वाक्ये क्रियापदं लुप्तम्—'कुर्यात्/वदेत्/जानीयात्' इत्यादि)

• भुवि: on earth/in the world
• भुवि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सप्तर्षिकुण्डेषु: in the pools of the Seven Sages
• सप्तर्षिकुण्डेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-ऋषि-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—सप्तर्षीणां कुण्डेषु (in the ponds of the seven sages)

• स्नातस्य: of (one) who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + क्त (स्नात) (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) वा नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); 'of one who has bathed'

• भरतर्षभ: O foremost of the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः—भरतेषु ऋषभः (bull/foremost among the Bharatas)

Speaker

Pulastya (to Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ब्रह्मानुस्वरमित्येवं = ब्रह्मानुस्वरम् + इति + एवम् (म् + इ → मि; इति + एवम् → इत्येवम्).

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Saptarṣi (Seven Sages)
• Brahmānusvara (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is ‘Brahmānusvara’ in this verse?

It is presented as the name of a sacred site (tīrtha) on earth, identified by the tradition as ‘Brahmānusvara,’ and associated with ritual bathing.

What are the Saptarṣi-kuṇḍas mentioned here?

They are the “pools/ponds of the Seven Sages” (Saptarṣis). Bathing in them is described as spiritually efficacious within the tīrtha framework of the Padma Purāṇa.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse emphasize?

It highlights tīrtha-sevā through disciplined pilgrimage practice—especially bathing (snāna)—as a means of purification and merit, underscoring reverence for sanctified places connected with ṛṣis.