Shloka 88

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्रा भ्यां फलं विन्दति भारत | तीर्थ च सर्वदेवानां स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṁ phalaṁ vindati bhārata | tīrthaṁ ca sarvadevānāṁ snātvā bharatasattama ||

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “O Bhārata, one obtains merit comparable to that of the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra Soma-sacrifices; and, O best of the Bharatas, by bathing at this sacred ford—held to be a pilgrimage-place of all the gods—one gains that same sanctifying reward.”

Word by Word

• अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम्: by (the sacrifices) Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra
• अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम + अतिरात्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• फलम्: fruit, merit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विन्दति: obtains, finds
• विन्दति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (लभे/विन्दते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmai (usage)

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Bhārata (addressee, a Bharata-descendant)
• Agniṣṭoma (Soma-yajña)
• Atirātra (Soma-yajña)
• Tīrtha (pilgrimage site)
• Sarvadevāḥ (all the gods)