Shloka 26

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

उपोष्य द्वादशरात्रं कृतार्थो जायते नरः । तस्मिन्नेव तु गायत्र्याः स्थानं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्

Transliteration

upoṣya dvādaśarātraṃ kṛtārtho jāyate naraḥ | tasminneva tu gāyatryāḥ sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam

Translation

Durch ein Fasten von zwölf Nächten wird der Mensch in seinem Ziel erfüllt. Ja, eben dort befindet sich der Sitz der Gāyatrī, berühmt in den drei Welten.

Word by Word

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriyā (क्रिया) (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-vas (धातु) (उप + √वस्/वस 'to dwell' → 'to fast')
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त): 'having fasted'

• dvādaśa-rātram: for twelve nights
• dvādaśa-rātram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण) (duration/time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: 'twelve nights' (duration)

• kṛtārthaḥ: fulfilled/successful
• kṛtārthaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण) (predicate to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'one whose purpose is accomplished' (predicate adjective of naraḥ)

• jāyate: becomes
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Verb (तिङन्त), लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasmin: in that (place)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (location/context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/napuṃ (contextual), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative, 7th), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: None (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात) of emphasis: 'indeed/just'

• tu: and/but
• tu: None (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction/particle (निपात): 'but/and'

• gāyatryāḥ: of Gāyatrī
• gāyatryāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (genitive with 'sthānam')
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• sthānam: a place/seat
• sthānam: Karta (कर्ता) (nominal predicate/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• trailokya-viśrutam: renowned in the three worlds
• trailokya-viśrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-lokya (प्रातिपदिक) + viśruta (कृदन्त; √śru 'to hear' with vi-)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with 'sthānam'; तत्पुरुष: 'renowned in the three worlds'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: tasmin + eva → tasminneva (n doubling by sandhi).

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What practice is praised in this verse?

It praises observing a fast (upoṣa) for twelve nights (dvādaśarātra) as a spiritually completing, goal-fulfilling discipline.

What does it mean that Gāyatrī’s “seat” is there?

It indicates that the observance (or the associated sacred locus) is regarded as especially sanctified—symbolically an abode of Gāyatrī and thus highly revered across the three worlds.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does the verse convey?

It teaches that disciplined restraint and sustained devotional practice can culminate in inner fulfillment and heightened sacred merit.