Shloka 68

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

अभिगम्य महादेवमभिवाद्य च भारत | प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गाणपत्यमवाप्रुयात्‌

Transliteration

abhigamya mahādevam abhivādya ca bhārata | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt |

Translation

O Bhārata, having approached Mahādeva (Śiva) and paid him reverent homage, and then having circumambulated him and respectfully withdrawn, one would obtain the favor and grace of Gaṇapati (Gaṇeśa).

Word by Word

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• अभिगम्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted
• अभिवाद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वाद्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

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

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

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (to the right), as pradakṣiṇā
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण

• उपावृत्य: having gone around / having circumambulated
• उपावृत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-वृत्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

• गाणपत्यम्: the Gaṇapatya (rite/observance related to Gaṇapati)
• गाणपत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाणपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नुयात्: should obtain / would attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: विधिलिङ्, optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Bhārata
• Gaṇapati (Gaṇeśa)