Shloka 114

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो गच्छेन्नरश्रेष्ठ सोमतीर्थमनुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

tato gacchennaraśreṣṭha somatīrtham anuttamam

Translation

তাৰ পাছত, হে নৰশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, সেই অনুত্তম সোমতীৰ্থলৈ গমন কৰা উচিত।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), parasmaipada, prathama-purusha, ekavacana

• नरश्रेष्ठः: the best of men
• नरश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Pumlinga, prathama vibhakti, ekavacana

• सोमतीर्थम्: the Soma-tirtha (pilgrimage ford)
• सोमतीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमतीर्थ
• Form: Napumsakalinga, dvitiya vibhakti, ekavacana

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed; excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Napumsakalinga, dvitiya vibhakti, ekavacana

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Soma-tīrtha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a dharmic orientation to pilgrimage: one should deliberately proceed to an eminent tīrtha, treating the journey as a means of inner purification and the accumulation of merit, guided by reverence and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker continues a sequential itinerary of sacred places, instructing the listener (addressed as “best of men”) to go next to Soma-tīrtha, praised here as an unsurpassed holy ford.