Shloka 6

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

ततो वैतरणीं गत्वा नदीं पापप्रमोचनीम् । विरजं तीर्थमासाद्य विराजति यथा शशी

Transliteration

tato vaitaraṇīṃ gatvā nadīṃ pāpapramocanīm | virajaṃ tīrthamāsādya virājati yathā śaśī

Translation

ثم يمضي إلى نهر فيتارَني، الجاري المُخلِّص من الخطيئة، فإذا بلغ تيرثا «فيراجا» أشرق كالقمر.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thereafter/from there’

• वैतरणीम्: Vaitaraṇī (river)
• वैतरणीम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैतरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया: “having gone”

• नदीम्: the river
• नदीम्: कर्म (Appositional object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वैतरणीम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• पाप-प्रमोचनीम्: sin-removing
• पाप-प्रमोचनीम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमोचनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पापानां प्रमोचनी (remover of sins); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नदीम्/वैतरणीम् विशेषण

• विरजम्: stainless/pure
• विरजम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तीर्थम् विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया: “having reached/approached”

• विराजति: shines
• विराजति: क्रिया (Verb action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: उपमान-सम्बन्ध (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle) ‘as/like’

• शशी: the moon
• शशी: उपमान (Upamāna/Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial verse within the Svarga-khaṇḍa; exact dialogue frame not provided in the input).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: river

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तीर्थमासाद्य = तीर्थम् + आसाद्य.

Characters & Entities

• Vaitaraṇī
• Viraja Tīrtha
• Śaśī (Moon)

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred Tīrthas?

It maps a pilgrimage sequence: first the Vaitaraṇī River (praised as sin-removing), then the Viraja Tīrtha, presenting sacred sites as spiritually transformative waypoints rather than merely physical locations.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

By portraying radiance and purification as fruits of approaching holy places with reverence, it supports a devotional ethic where faith-filled contact with tīrthas becomes a means to inner cleansing and divine favor.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

Seek moral purification and a renewed life: the verse frames spiritual progress as moving away from pāpa (harmful action) toward viraja (stainlessness), culminating in a luminous, ethically elevated state symbolized by the moon.