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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

Man sagt, sein Maß betrage acht Hände; dort müssen die Vaiṣṇavas gewiss das heilige Bad vollziehen. Nachdem man dort in Selbstzucht gebadet hat, soll man ehrfürchtig die göttliche Erzählung von Murāri (Viṣṇu) vernehmen. Dort soll man baden, das geweihte Wasser trinken und auch Almosen geben; o Göttin, Lakṣmī‑Nṛsiṃha ist stets erfreut. (Die nächste Zeile beginnt:) „Von der Größe einer Badarī‑Frucht, rund und mit einem Punkt gezeichnet…“

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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