Shloka 53

Tīrtha-Māhātmya Sequence: Sacred Fords, Baths, Gifts, and Śrāddha

Narmadā-Belt Itinerary

Devanagari script

लांगलतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । तत्र गत्वा तु राजेंद्र स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्

Transliteration

lāṃgalatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam | tatra gatvā tu rājeṃdra snānaṃ tatra samācaret

Translation

Dann soll man zur Lāṅgala-Tīrtha gehen, dem Vernichter aller Sünden. Dort angekommen, o Bester der Könige, soll man dort das Bad ordnungsgemäß vollziehen.

Word by Word

• लाङ्गलतीर्थम्: the Lāṅgala sacred ford
• लाङ्गलतीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गल-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लाङ्गलस्य तीर्थम्)

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थस्य); तत्पुरुष-समासः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having gone’

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (राजानाम् इन्द्रः)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king (rājendra) within the Svarga-khaṇḍa pilgrimage discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् = गच्छेत् + सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्.

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred Tīrthas?

It presents Lāṅgala-tīrtha as a named pilgrimage site and frames travel between tīrthas as an ordered itinerary, implying a mapped sacred landscape within the Svarga-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-mahātmya material.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

While not explicitly devotional to a deity, it reflects a Purāṇic bhakti-culture where reverent action—going to a tīrtha and performing snāna with faith and proper observance—is treated as spiritually transformative.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

It teaches disciplined religious conduct: seek purification through prescribed sacred practices (pilgrimage and ritual bathing) and undertake them “properly” (samācaret), suggesting sincerity and right procedure rather than negligence.