Shloka 53

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

प्रययुर्हि ततो राजन्‌ येन तीर्थमसृग्वहम्‌ । पूर्वोक्त सभी तीर्थोमें गोता लगाकर वे तपस्याके लोभी विज्ञ मुनिवर पूर्ण प्रसन्न हो उसी ओर गये, जिधर रक्तकी धारा बहानेवाला पूर्वोक्त तीर्थ था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

prayayur hi tato rājan yena tīrtham asṛg-vaham |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Then, O King, they set out toward that sacred ford—the one described earlier—where a stream of blood was flowing.”

Word by Word

• प्रययुः: they went / departed
• प्रययुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु: या)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) / परोक्षभूत (perfect), 3, plural

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ततः: then / from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• येन: to which / by which (way)
• येन: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• तीर्थम्: ford; sacred bathing-place
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• असृक्-वहम्: blood-carrying / flowing with blood
• असृक्-वहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असृक् + वह (वह-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by 'rājan')
• tīrtha (the blood-flowing sacred ford)