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Shloka 77

Veṅkaṭeśa-Māhātmya: Varāha Prelude, Descent of Śeṣācala, Svāmipuṣkariṇī and the Network of Tīrthas

with Dāna-Lakṣaṇas

Devanagari script

हस्ताष्टकं तत्प्रमाणं वदन्ति तत्र स्नानं वैष्णवैः कार्यमेव / तत्र स्नात्वा प्रयतो वै मुरारेः कथां दिव्यां शृणुयादादरेण / स्नानं पानं तत्र दानं च कुर्याल्लक्ष्मीनृसिंहप्रीयते देवि नित्यम्३,२६।७६ // बदरीफलमात्रं च वर्तुलं बिन्दुसंयुतम्

Transliteration

hastāṣṭakaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ vadanti tatra snānaṃ vaiṣṇavaiḥ kāryameva / tatra snātvā prayato vai murāreḥ kathāṃ divyāṃ śṛṇuyādādareṇa / snānaṃ pānaṃ tatra dānaṃ ca kuryāllakṣmīnṛsiṃhaprīyate devi nityam3,26.76 // badarīphalamātraṃ ca vartulaṃ bindusaṃyutam

Translation

তাঁরা বলেন, তার পরিমাপ আট হাত; সেখানে বৈষ্ণবদের অবশ্যই স্নান করা উচিত। সেখানে সংযমসহ স্নান করে মুরারি (শ্রীবিষ্ণু)-র দিব্য কাহিনি ভক্তিভরে শ্রবণ করা উচিত। সেখানে স্নান, তীর্থজল পান এবং দানও করুক; হে দেবী, লক্ষ্মী-নৃসিংহ নিত্য প্রসন্ন হন। (পরের পংক্তি) ‘বরইফলের মতো, গোল এবং বিন্দুযুক্ত…’

Word by Word
हस्त-अष्टकम्a measure of eight hands
हस्त-अष्टकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; द्विगु-समास (अष्टौ हस्ताः प्रमाणम्)
तत्-प्रमाणम्that measure/standard
तत्-प्रमाणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष (तस्य प्रमाणम्)
वदन्तिthey say
वदन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/देशवाचक-अव्यय
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
वैष्णवैःby Vaiṣṇavas
वैष्णवैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
कार्यम्should be done
कार्यम्:
Vidhi (विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्/यत् sense), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘to be done’
एवindeed/only
एव:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle/निश्चयार्थक-निपात
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/देशवाचक-अव्यय
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having bathed’
प्रयतःself-controlled
प्रयतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; used substantively ‘one who is restrained’
वैindeed
वै:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
FormParticle/निपात (emphasis)
मुरारेःof Murāri (Viṣṇu)
मुरारेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमुरारि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
कथाम्story/discourse
कथाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकथा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
दिव्याम्divine
दिव्याम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifying कथाम्
शृणुयात्should listen
शृणुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular
आदरेणwith reverence
आदरेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootआदर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular (as item in list)
पानम्drinking
पानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/देशवाचक-अव्यय
दानम्giving/charity
दानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/समुच्चय-निपात
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular
लक्ष्मी-नृसिंहःLakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha
लक्ष्मी-नृसिंहः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + नृसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्म्याः नृसिंहः / लक्ष्मीसहितो नृसिंहः—name)
प्रीयतेis pleased
प्रीयते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्री (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd Person, Singular
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Vocative (8th), Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative used as avyaya; कालवाचक
बदरी-फल-मात्रम्only jujube-fruit-sized
बदरी-फल-मात्रम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबदरी (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष (बदरीफलस्य मात्रम् = ‘only the size of a jujube-fruit’)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/समुच्चय-निपात
वर्तुलम्round
वर्तुलम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्तुल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
बिन्दु-संयुतम्provided with dots/marks
बिन्दु-संयुतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + सं-युत (कृदन्त, युज् धातु)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; past participle ‘joined’; तत्पुरुष (बिन्दुभिः सं-युतम्)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (to Garuda; ‘devi’ suggests a quoted/preserved reading—treated here as Vishnu’s instruction in the narrative style)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Tīrtha-sevā (snāna–pāna–dāna) joined with attentive śravaṇa of Hari-kathā pleases the Lord and yields auspicious results.

Vedantic Theme: Bhakti supported by karma (ritual action) as a purifier of antaḥkaraṇa; śravaṇa as a primary limb leading toward liberation-oriented devotion.

Application: Visit a Viṣṇu-tīrtha with self-restraint; bathe, sip sanctified water as appropriate, give charity, and listen/read Viṣṇu/Nṛsiṃha-kathā with focused attention.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha/kshetra (implied)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.26.78-81 (marks of the deity/stone; merit of donating the image); Garuda Purana Pretakalpa sections on śravaṇa, dāna, and tīrtha-merit (general thematic linkage)

Characters & Entities
V
Vishnu (Murari)
L
Lakshmi-Nrisimha
V
Vaishnavas

FAQs

The verse frames holy bathing as a required Vaiṣṇava practice, meant to purify the practitioner and prepare them for devotional hearing (Hari-kathā) and charity.

It links external acts—bathing, drinking sacred water, and giving charity—with inner devotion—listening reverently to Vishnu’s divine narration—presenting them as a unified spiritual discipline.

Combine cleanliness and restraint with devotional study/listening (Vishnu-kathā) and regular charity; treat pilgrimages or temple visits as occasions for both worship and ethical generosity.

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