Shloka 34

The Greatness of Śukla Tīrtha: Bathing, Fasting, Charity, and Śiva Worship

Devanagari script

दानं दद्याद्यथाशक्त्या प्रीयेतां हरिशंकरौ । शुक्लतीर्थप्रभावेण सर्वं भवति चाक्षयम्

Transliteration

dānaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā prīyetāṃ hariśaṃkarau | śuklatīrthaprabhāveṇa sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

Translation

Debe darse caridad según la propia capacidad, para que Hari y Śaṅkara queden complacidos. Por el poder de Śukla Tīrtha, todo lo ofrecido o hecho allí se vuelve inagotable.

Word by Word

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यथा-शक्त्या: according to one’s ability
• यथा-शक्त्या: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; समासान्त-पदम् अव्ययवत्; अर्थे: 'शक्त्यानुसारम्/यथाशक्ति' (adverbial)

• प्रीयेताम्: may (they two) be pleased
• प्रीयेताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

• हरि-शंकरौ: Hari and Śaṅkara (Viṣṇu and Śiva)
• हरि-शंकरौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• शुक्ल-तीर्थ-प्रभावेण: by the power of Śukla-tīrtha
• शुक्ल-तीर्थ-प्रभावेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुक्लतीर्थस्य प्रभावः); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवति: becomes, is
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable, inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Karta-prakara (कर्तृ-विशेषण/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सर्वम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दद्याद्यथाशक्त्या = दद्यात् + यथाशक्त्या; चाक्षयम् = च + अक्षयम्

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Shankara (Shiva)
• Shukla Tirtha

FAQs

What practice does this verse recommend for devotees visiting a sacred tīrtha?

It advises giving charity (dāna) according to one’s means, emphasizing sincere offering rather than quantity.

Why are Hari and Śaṅkara mentioned together in this verse?

The verse presents a harmonizing devotional frame where pleasing both Viṣṇu (Hari) and Śiva (Śaṅkara) is upheld as a worthy aim, especially through ethical acts like charity.

What ethical lesson is conveyed by “yathāśaktyā” (according to one’s capacity)?

It teaches proportionate giving—charity should be responsible and heartfelt, aligned with one’s actual ability, avoiding both miserliness and self-harm.