Shloka 85

Kurukṣetra and Sarasvatī Tīrthas: Pilgrimage Itinerary and the Sanctification of Rāma-hrada

Paraśurāma’s Lakes

Devanagari script

पाणिख्याते नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयित्वा च देवताः । अवाप्नुते राजसूयमृषिलोकं च गच्छति

Transliteration

pāṇikhyāte naraḥ snātvā tarpayitvā ca devatāḥ | avāpnute rājasūyamṛṣilokaṃ ca gacchati

Translation

A man who bathes at Pāṇikhyāta and offers tarpaṇa, libations to the deities, attains the merit of the Rājasūya sacrifice and also goes to the world of the sages.

Word by Word

• पाणिख्याते: at (the place called) Pāṇikhyāta
• पाणिख्याते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणिख्यात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तीर्थनाम (name of a tīrtha/place)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• तर्पयित्वा: having propitiated
• तर्पयित्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + त्वा (क्त्वा प्रत्यय)
• Form: णिजन्त (causative) क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having satisfied/propitiated”

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अवाप्नुते: obtains
• अवाप्नुते: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• राजसूयम्: the Rājasūya (sacrifice/merit thereof)
• राजसूयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); यज्ञविशेष (a specific royal sacrifice)

• ऋषिलोकम्: the world of sages
• ऋषिलोकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) / गत्यर्थकर्म (Goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world of sages)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within a tīrtha-māhātmya passage)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: राजसूयमृषिलोकं = राजसूयम् + ऋषिलोकम्.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇikhyāta
• Devatāḥ
• Rājasūya
• Ṛṣiloka

FAQs

What practice is prescribed in this verse at Pāṇikhyāta?

It prescribes bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha and performing tarpaṇa—offering libations to satisfy the deities.

Why is the Rājasūya mentioned here?

The verse equates the spiritual merit gained from this tīrtha-practice with the merit traditionally attributed to performing the grand Rājasūya sacrifice.

What is the promised outcome of this observance?

The verse states that the practitioner attains the merit of the Rājasūya and reaches Ṛṣiloka, the realm associated with sages.