Shloka 97

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

यत्र गड़ा महाराज स देशस्तत्‌ तपोवनम्‌ । सिद्धिक्षेत्रं च तज्ज्ञेयं गड्जातीरसमाश्रितम्‌,महाराज! जहाँ गंगा बहती हैं वही उत्तम देश है; और वही तपोवन है। गंगाके तटवर्ती स्थानको सिद्धिक्षेत्र समझना चाहिये

Transliteration

yatra gaṅgā mahārāja sa deśas tat tapovanam | siddhikṣetraṃ ca taj jñeyaṃ gaṅgātīrarasamāśritam, mahārāja |

Translation

Pulastya said: “O great king, the land where the Gaṅgā flows is indeed a blessed country; that very region is to be regarded as a forest of austerities. Know also that the places resting on the Gaṅgā’s riverbank are ‘fields of spiritual attainment’—sites where disciplined living, purity, and sacred practice readily bear fruit.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• गङ्गा: Ganga (river)
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सः: that
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देशः: country/region
• देशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तपोवनम्: forest of austerities (hermitage-grove)
• तपोवनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धिक्षेत्रम्: a field/place of spiritual attainment
• सिद्धिक्षेत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धिक्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• तत्: that (place)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञेयम्: is to be known/should be regarded
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Gerundive (tavya/anīya-type), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive sense

• गङ्गा: Ganga
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तीर: bank/shore
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रसम्: essence/juice; (here) delight/beauty
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितम्: resting on/depending on; situated by
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• Gaṅgā (Ganges)
• Tapovana (forest of austerities)
• Siddhikṣetra (field of spiritual attainment)
• Gaṅgā-tīra (banks of the Gaṅgā)