Shloka 13

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततो बदरिकातीर्थ स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

tato badarikātīrthaṃ snātvā bharatasattama

Translation

Dann, o Bester der Bhāratas, nachdem er an der heiligen Furt von Badarikā gebadet hat, (zieht er weiter).

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• बदरिकातीर्थम्: the Badarikā sacred ford (tīrtha)
• बदरिकातीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरिकातीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (स्नान)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; 'having bathed'

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Badarikā-tīrtha
• Bharatasattama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tīrtha-bathing as a dharmic discipline: external purification at a sacred place is presented as supporting inner clarity, restraint, and renewed commitment to righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues instructing the listener (addressed as ‘best of the Bharatas’) in a sequence of pilgrimage sites, stating that one should bathe at Badarikā-tīrtha and then proceed to the next stage of the journey.