Shloka 65

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

अभिगम्य महादेवमभ्यर्च्य च नराधिप । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

abhigamya mahādevamabhyarcya ca narādhipa | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

O König, nachdem man sich Mahādeva genähert und Ihn gebührend verehrt hat, soll man die Pradakṣiṇā vollziehen, Ihn rechtsum umschreiten und dann zurückkehren; so erlangt man den Gaṇapatya-Stand als Anhänger Gaṇapatis.

Word by Word

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• अभिगम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having approached’

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महा + देव

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—नराणाम् अधिपः

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative: ‘in circumambulation’)

• उपावृत्य: having circumambulated
• उपावृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आ + √वृत् (धातु; ‘to turn/return’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having gone around/turned (in circumambulation)’

• गाणपत्यम्: the state/fruit related to Gaṇapati
• गाणपत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाणपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: should attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √आप् (धातु; आप्नोति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (narādhipa) within the Svarga-khaṇḍa discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: temple

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: महादेवमभ्यर्च्य = महादेवम् + अभ्यर्च्य; गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात् = गाणपत्यम् + अवाप्नुयात्.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Gaṇapati

FAQs

What ritual sequence is taught in this verse?

Approach Mahādeva, worship him, perform pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), and then return—presented as a complete devotional act.

What does “gāṇapatyam” imply here?

It indicates attaining a Gaṇapatya affiliation or devotional standing connected with Gaṇapati—i.e., becoming aligned with Gaṇapati-centered devotion.

What is the ethical or devotional lesson emphasized?

Reverent approach, proper worship, and respectful circumambulation are portrayed as disciplined devotional conduct that yields a defined spiritual identity or merit.