Shloka 19

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो जयन्त्यां राजेन्द्र सोमतीर्थ समाविशेत्‌

Transliteration

tato jayantyāṁ rājendra somatīrtha samāviśet

Translation

Luego, oh rey de reyes, debe uno dirigirse a Somatīrtha en Jayantī—vado sagrado asociado a Soma—y proseguir la peregrinación prescrita en el orden debido.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; from there/thereafter
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः)

• जयन्त्याम्: at/into (the place) Jayantī
• जयन्त्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्ती
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king (lord of kings)
• राजेन्द्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सोमतीर्थम्: the Soma-tīrtha (pilgrimage ford/sacred place of Soma)
• सोमतीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमतीर्थ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समाविशेत्: should enter; should go into
• समाविशेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √विश्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jayantī
• Somatīrtha
• rājendra (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces dharmic discipline through orderly pilgrimage: moving from one tīrtha to the next as prescribed, treating sacred places as means of purification and moral renewal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker is guiding the king through a sequence of pilgrimage sites, instructing that the next destination is Somatīrtha located at Jayantī.