Shloka 61

Devanagari script

नन्दीश्वरस्य मूर्ति तु दृष्टवा मुच्येत किल्बिषै: । स्वर्गमार्गे नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मलोक॑ स गच्छति,वहाँ नन्दीश्वरकी मूर्तिका दर्शन करके मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है। स्वर्गमार्गमें स्नान करनेसे वह ब्रह्मलोकमें जाता है

Transliteration

Nandīśvarasya mūrti tu dṛṣṭvā mucyeta kilbiṣaiḥ | svargamārge naraḥ snātvā brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati ||

Translation

Ajaḍriya said: “By merely beholding the image of Nandīśvara, a person is said to be freed from sins. And by bathing at the tīrtha called the ‘path to heaven,’ that person proceeds to Brahmaloka.”

Word by Word

नन्दीश्वरस्यof Nandīśvara

मूर्तिम्image/form

तुindeed/but

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

मुच्येतwould be freed/is freed

किल्बिषैःfrom sins/impurities

स्वर्गमार्गेon the path to heaven

नरःa man/person

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

ब्रह्मलोकम्Brahma-world

सःhe

गच्छतिgoes/attains

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajaḍriya

Nandīśvara

mūrti (icon/image)

Svargamārga (tīrtha/place-name)

Brahmaloka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sacred encounter (darśana of a revered divine form) and ritual purification (bathing at a holy tīrtha) are portrayed as powerful means for removing moral taint (kilbiṣa) and for attaining an exalted spiritual destination (Brahmaloka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajaḍriya is describing the merit (phala) of specific sacred acts connected with a holy site: seeing the image of Nandīśvara and bathing at a place called ‘Svargamārga,’ with the promised result of freedom from sins and ascent to Brahmaloka.