Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 103

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

जग्मुः स्वान्येव स्थानानि पूजयित्वा जलेश्वरम्‌ । जलजन्तुओंके स्वामी जलेश्वर वरुणका अभिषेक और पूजन करके सम्पूर्ण देवता अपने-अपने स्थानको ही चले गये

Transliteration

jagmuḥ svāny eva sthānāni pūjayitvā jaleśvaram |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem sie den Herrn der Wasser, Varuṇa — den Gebieter über die Wasserwesen — gebührend geehrt hatten, brachen die versammelten Götter auf, und jeder kehrte in seine eigene Wohnstatt zurück.

Word by Word

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (completed past), 3, plural

• स्वानि: their own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्थानानि: places/abodes
• स्थानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), active, having worshipped

• जलेश्वरम्: the lord of waters (Varuṇa)
• जलेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Varuṇa (Jaleśvara)
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• svāni sthānāni (their respective abodes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct through reverence and proper order: worship (pūjā) is offered to the presiding deity of a domain, and thereafter each being returns to its rightful station, reflecting harmony with cosmic governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After honoring Varuṇa, the Lord of waters, the gathered gods conclude the rite and depart, each going back to his own abode—signaling the completion of a ceremonial moment and restoration of normal divine order.