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Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कामोदाख्यं पुरं देवि गंगातीरे व्यवस्थितम् । कामोदा यत्र वर्तंते सार्द्धं देवैर्हरिप्रियाः ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

kāmodākhyaṃ puraṃ devi gaṃgātīre vyavasthitam | kāmodā yatra vartaṃte sārddhaṃ devairharipriyāḥ || 3 ||

Translation

O Goddess, there is a city named Kāmodā, situated on the bank of the Gaṅgā. There, the Kāmodās—beloved of Hari—dwell together in the company of the gods.

Word by Word
कामोदा-आख्यम्named Kāmodā
कामोदा-आख्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकामोदा (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (नामधारक: ‘कामोदा-आख्य’ = ‘called Kāmodā’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘पुरम्’
पुरम्city
पुरम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
देविO lady
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
गङ्गा-तीरेon the bank of the Gaṅgā
गङ्गा-तीरे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘गङ्गायाः तीरम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
व्यवस्थितम्situated, established
व्यवस्थितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + अव + स्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘पुरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
कामोदाःthe Kāmodās (women/attendants named Kāmodā)
कामोदाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकामोदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Relative location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)
वर्तन्तेlive, dwell, exist
वर्तन्ते:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
सार्धम्together with
सार्धम्:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ/Association marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसार्धम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक (comitative adverb: ‘together with’)
देवैःwith the gods
देवैः:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Association-Instrumental)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
हरि-प्रियाःdear to Hari (Vishnu)
हरि-प्रियाः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘हरेः प्रियाः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of ‘कामोदाः’
Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
G
Ganga
H
Hari (Vishnu)
D
Devas

FAQs

It establishes Kāmodā as a Gaṅgā-side tīrtha where devotion to Hari is dominant, indicated by the residents being described as “Haripriyāḥ” and dwelling in divine company.

Bhakti is highlighted indirectly: the hallmark of the place is love for Hari (Viṣṇu), suggesting that proximity to sacred tīrthas and association with the godly reinforces Vaiṣṇava devotion.

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is tīrtha-oriented dharma—pilgrimage and holy association on the Gaṅgā’s banks.

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