Shloka 15

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

लपेटिकां ततो गच्छेत्‌ पुण्यां पुण्योपशोभिताम्‌

Transliteration

lapeṭikāṁ tato gacchet puṇyāṁ puṇyopaśobhitām

Translation

Pulastya said: “From there, one should proceed to Lapeṭikā, a sacred place—made all the more splendid by its own holiness.”

Word by Word

• लपेटिकाम्: Lapetika (a place/name)
• लपेटिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लपेटिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुण्याम्: holy/meritorious
• पुण्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: adorned/beautified by merit (holy deeds)
• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य-उपशोभित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Lapeṭikā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the dharmic value of pilgrimage: moving from one sacred site to another with reverence, recognizing that holiness (puṇya) itself is what makes a tīrtha spiritually radiant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is guiding a sequence of pilgrimage destinations, instructing the listener to go next from the current location to the sacred place called Lapeṭikā.