Shloka 1

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

पार्वतीने पूछा--भगवन्‌! मनुष्य किस प्रकारके शील, कैसे सदाचार और किन कर्मोसे युक्त होकर अथवा किस दानके द्वारा स्वर्गमें जाता है

Transliteration

pārvaty uvāca—bhagavan! manuṣyaḥ kīdṛśena śīlena, kathaṃvidhena sadācāreṇa, kaiḥ karmabhiḥ yuktaḥ vā, athavā kasya dānasya prabhāvena svargaṃ gacchati?

Translation

Pārvatī fragte: „O erhabener Herr! Durch welche Art von Charakter und welche Weise rechter Lebensführung—mit welchen Taten versehen oder durch welche Form der Gabe—gelangt der Mensch in den Himmel?“

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Parvati
• पार्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as/like (quotative/illustrative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पृच्छा: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha/लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मनुष्यः: a man/person
• मनुष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किस्: by what/with what
• किस्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रकारेण: in what manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शील: character/disposition
• शील: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शील
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कैसे: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• सदाचार: good conduct
• सदाचार: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• किन्: by which/with what (things)
• किन्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कर्मभिः: by deeds/actions
• कर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• युक्तः: endowed/possessed (with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• अथवा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• किस्: by what
• किस्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दान: by (what) gift/charity
• दान: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्वारा: through/by means of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वार

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Mahādeva/Śrī Maheśvara
• Svarga