Shloka 35

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

त्रिरात्रोपोषितः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ततो देवह्रदे स्नात्वा कृष्णवेणा जलोद्भवे

Transliteration

trirātropoṣitaḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | tato devahrade snātvā kṛṣṇaveṇā jalodbhave

Translation

Wer drei Nächte fastet und dann badet, erlangt die Frucht, die der Gabe von tausend Kühen gleich ist. Danach bringt das Bad im Deva-hrada—aus den Wassern der Kṛṣṇa-veṇā hervorgegangen—weiteres heiliges Verdienst.

Word by Word

त्रिरात्र-उपोषितःone who has fasted for three nights

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

गो-सहस्र-फलम्the merit equal to (donating) a thousand cows

लभेत्may obtain

ततःthen/thereafter

देव-ह्रदेin Devahrada (the divine lake)

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

कृष्ण-वेणायाम्in the Kṛṣṇaveṇā (river)

जल-उद्भवेin the water-born (place/source)

Speaker

Pulastya (to Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: त्रिरात्रोपोषितः = त्रिरात्र-उपोषितः; देवह्रदे = देव-ह्रदे; कृष्णवेणा (पाठे) अधिकरणार्थे सप्तमी अपेक्षिता—अर्थानुसारं ‘कृष्णवेणायाम्’ ग्रहणम्; जलोद्भवे = जल-उद्भवे।

Characters & Entities

Deva-hrada

Kṛṣṇa-veṇā

FAQs

What practice is prescribed in this verse?

It prescribes a three-night fast (trirātra-upoṣa) followed by ritual bathing (snāna), and then bathing at the sacred site called Deva-hrada associated with the Kṛṣṇa-veṇā waters.

What does “gosahasraphala” signify here?

It denotes a standard Purāṇic measure of religious merit: the fruit of the act is said to equal the merit of donating a thousand cows, emphasizing the sanctity of the fast-and-bath observance.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson conveyed?

The verse teaches disciplined austerity (fasting) and purification (bathing) linked with reverence for tīrthas, presenting sacred geography as a means to cultivate devotion and dharmic conduct.