Shloka 93

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

Paraśurāma’s Lakes

Devanagari script

अभिगम्य स्थलद्यं तस्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ऋणांतं कूपमासाद्य तिलप्रस्थं प्रदाय च

Transliteration

abhigamya sthaladyaṃ tasya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | ṛṇāṃtaṃ kūpamāsādya tilaprasthaṃ pradāya ca

Translation

সেই পবিত্ৰ স্থান দৰ্শন কৰিলে মানুহে সহস্ৰ গাভীৰ দানসম পুণ্য লাভ কৰে। আৰু সীমাচিহ্নৰ কূপত উপস্থিত হৈ তিলৰ এক প্ৰস্থ পৰিমাণ দান কৰিব লাগে।

Word by Word

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• अभिगम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: अभि-गम्; अर्थ: अभिगमनं कृत्वा (having approached)

• स्थलद्यम्: Sthaladya (a place-name)
• स्थलद्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थलद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘स्थलद्यं’—स्थानविशेषनाम)

• तस्य: of that (place/person)
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गोसहस्रफलम्: merit equal to a thousand cows
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (गोसहस्रस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain/should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ऋणान्तम्: debt-ending
• ऋणान्तम्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (ऋणस्य अन्तः = end of debt; ‘debt-ending’)

• कूपम्: a well
• कूपम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: आ- सद्; अर्थ: आसादनं कृत्वा (having reached/approached)

• तिलप्रस्थम्: a prastha of sesame
• तिलप्रस्थम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (तिलानां प्रस्थः = a prastha-measure of sesame)

• प्रदाय: having given
• प्रदाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: प्र-दा; अर्थ: दत्त्वा (having given)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided; likely a narrator continuing a tīrtha-māhātmya instruction within the Svargakhaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कूपमासाद्य = कूपम् + आसाद्य (म् + आ → मा); other words largely in citation form; gosahasraphalaṃ as compound.

FAQs

What religious act is praised in this verse?

The verse praises tīrtha-yātrā (visiting a sacred place) and dāna (offering), specifically a prastha-measure of sesame seeds (tila) at a well associated with a boundary or end-marker.

What does “gosahasraphala” imply in Purāṇic language?

It is a standard Purāṇic way of expressing extraordinary merit: the spiritual “fruit” equivalent to donating a thousand cows, a highly valued form of charity in dharma literature.

What ethical lesson is conveyed here?

The verse emphasizes that devotion expressed through pilgrimage and modest, purposeful giving (like tila-dāna) is a concrete, accessible path to accruing puṇya (religious merit).