Shloka 9

Kurukṣetra and Sarasvatī Tīrthas: Pilgrimage Itinerary and the Sanctification of Rāma-hrada

Paraśurāma’s Lakes

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा च दृष्ट्वा च त्रिलोकप्रभवं हरिम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति

Transliteration

tatra snātvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca trilokaprabhavaṃ harim | aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

Translation

Wer dort badet und Hari, den Ursprung der drei Welten, schaut, erlangt den Verdienst eines Aśvamedha und gelangt zur Wohnstatt Viṣṇus (Viṣṇuloka).

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रिलोक-प्रभवम्: the source of the three worlds
• त्रिलोक-प्रभवम्: कर्म (Karma/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिलोकस्य प्रभवः = origin/source of the three worlds) used adjectivally qualifying हरिम्

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• अश्वमेधम्: Aśvamedha sacrifice (merit of it)
• अश्वमेधम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अश्वस्य मेधः = horse-sacrifice)

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णु-लोकम्: Vishnu’s world
• विष्णु-लोकम्: कर्म (Karma/Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः = Vishnu's world)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator within Svargakhaṇḍa 26)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: अश्वमेधम् + अवाप्नोति → अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति (म् + अ = म).

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Triloka (three worlds)
• Aśvamedha
• Viṣṇuloka

FAQs

What spiritual practice is emphasized in this verse?

The verse highlights tīrtha-snān (bathing at a sacred place) and Hari-darśana (beholding Vishnu) as powerful devotional acts that grant great religious merit.

Why does the verse mention the Aśvamedha sacrifice?

Aśvamedha is used as a benchmark for supreme ritual merit; the verse states that pilgrimage acts—bath and darśana—can confer comparable merit, elevating devotion and sacred geography.

What is the promised result of performing these acts?

The stated fruit is twofold: the merit of an Aśvamedha and attainment of Viṣṇuloka, Vishnu’s divine abode.