Shloka 43

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततः शूर्पारकं गच्छेज्जामदग्न्यनिषेवितम्‌ । रामतीर्थ नर: स्नात्वा विन्द्याद्‌ बहुसुवर्णकम्‌,तदनन्तर परशुरामसेवित शूर्पारकतीर्थकी यात्रा करे। वहाँ रामतीर्थमें स्नान करनेसे मनुष्यको प्रचुर सुवर्णराशिकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ gacchej jāmada gnyaniṣevitam | rāmatīrtha naraḥ snātvā vindyād bahusuvarṇakam ||

Translation

Then one should go to Śūrpāraka, a sacred place frequented by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma). Having bathed at Rāma-tīrtha there, a person is said to obtain abundant gold.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

शूर्पारकम्to Śūrpāraka (a place/tīrtha)

गच्छेत्should go

जामदग्न्यby Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

निषेवितम्frequented/visited

रामतीर्थम्Rāma-tīrtha (the sacred ford of Rāma)

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

विन्द्यात्would obtain/should obtain

बहुmuch, abundant

सुवर्णकम्gold, a quantity of gold

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Śūrpāraka

Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

Rāma-tīrtha

suvarṇa (gold)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes