Shloka 126

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

पितामहेन यजता आहूता पुष्करेषु वै । यह सुनकर भगवान ब्रह्माने प्रसन्नतापूर्वक सरस्वती देवीकी आराधना करके पुष्करमें यज्ञ करते समय उनका आवाहन किया

Transliteration

pitāmahena yajatā āhūtā puṣkareṣu vai |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When the Grandsire (Brahmā) was performing a sacrifice at Puṣkara, he invoked (called upon) Sarasvatī there.”

Word by Word

• पितामहेन: by the grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यजता: while sacrificing / by (him) sacrificing
• यजता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आहूता: was invoked / was called
• आहूता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्करेषु: at/in Pushkaras (Pushkara holy places/lakes)
• पुष्करेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Sarasvatī
• Puṣkara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for sacred speech and right ritual: even Brahmā invokes Sarasvatī during sacrifice, implying that dharma is upheld through disciplined worship, purity of intention, and honoring the divine source of knowledge and eloquence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that at Puṣkara, while conducting a yajña, Brahmā (Pitāmaha) formally invoked Sarasvatī—setting a sacred context in which divine presence is invited to empower or sanctify the rite.