Shloka 313

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

तम्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा विमुक्त: पाप्मना किल । राजन्‌! कहते हैं, इस बातको जानकर देवराज इन्द्र उसी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थमें स्नान करके ब्रह्महत्याके पापसे मुक्त हुए थे

Transliteration

tammiṁs tīrthe vare snātvā vimuktaḥ pāpmanā kila | rājan |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, it is said that, upon learning this, Indra—the lord of the gods—bathed in that excellent tīrtha (sacred ford) and was freed from the stain of brahmahatyā (the slaying of a brāhmaṇa).”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वरे: excellent, best
• वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (स्नान)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (वि + मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाप्मना: from sin (lit. by/with sin; in sense: from the sin)
• पाप्मना: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• किल: indeed, it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (addressed as Rājan)
• Indra
• tīrtha (a sacred bathing place)