Shloka 18
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
Devanagari script
श्रीपर्वत॑ं समासाद्य नदीतीरमुपस्पृशेत्
Transliteration
Śrīparvataṁ samāsādya nadītīram upaspṛśet.
Translation
Pulastya said: “Having reached Śrīparvata, one should go to the bank of the river and perform the purificatory act of touching water (ritual ablution).”
Word by Word
श्रीपर्वतम्the auspicious mountain (Śrīparvata)
श्रीपर्वतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीपर्वत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
समासाद्यhaving approached/reached
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
नदीतीरम्the river-bank
नदीतीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनदीतीर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपस्पृशेत्should touch; should perform ācamana by touching (water)
उपस्पृशेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√स्पृश्
FormVidhi-liṅ (optative), Optative (injunctive sense: 'should'), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
P
PulastyaŚ
ŚrīparvataR
river bank (nadītīra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage is not merely travel to a holy site; it requires ritual and ethical discipline—beginning with purification (upaspṛśa/ablution) upon reaching the sacred landscape.
Pulastya gives procedural guidance for a tīrtha-yātrā: after arriving at Śrīparvata, the pilgrim should go to the riverbank and perform the customary purificatory water-touching/ablution.