Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अलंकृतास्त्रयो लोका: पथिभिविंमलैस्त्रिभि: | यस्तु तस्या जल॑ सेवेत्‌ कृतकृत्य: पुमान्‌ भवेत्‌,जिन्होंने तीन निर्मल मार्गोद्रारा आकाश, पाताल तथा भूतल--इन तीन लोकोंको अलंकृत किया है उन गंगाजीके जलका जो मनुष्य सेवन करेगा वह कृतकृत्य हो जायगा

Transliteration

alaṅkṛtās trayo lokāḥ pathibhir vimalais tribhiḥ | yas tu tasyā jalaṁ seveta kṛtakṛtyaḥ pumān bhavet ||

Translation

The three worlds are adorned by her three stainless courses—heaven, the nether regions, and the earth. Whoever partakes of that river’s water becomes one who has fulfilled life’s purpose, for such contact is held to purify and complete one’s dharmic striving.

Word by Word

अलंकृताःadorned, embellished

त्रयःthree

लोकाःworlds

पथिभिःby/with paths, ways

विमलैःpure, stainless

त्रिभिःby/with three

यःwho

तुbut, indeed

तस्याःof her (of that [river])

जलम्water

सेवेत्should partake/consume, should use

कृतकृत्यःone whose duty is accomplished, fulfilled

पुमान्a man, person

भवेत्would become, should be

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gaṅgā (implied by ‘her water’ and threefold course)

three worlds (svarga, pātāla, bhūloka implied)

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 the purificatory and spiritually completing power attributed to Gaṅgā: since her pure flow is said to pervade the three worlds, contact with her water is presented as a dharmic act that brings a person to ‘kṛtakṛtyatā’—a sense of having fulfilled one’s religious and moral aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha (perfected being) is praising the sanctity of Gaṅgā in a tirtha-mahātmya context, describing her threefold course through the cosmic realms and declaring that one who partakes of her water attains the status of having accomplished what is to be accomplished.