Shloka 95

Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits

Devanagari script

स्नातमात्रो नरस्तत्र रुद्रलोके महीयते / पितॄणां तर्पणं कृत्वा मुच्यते ऽसावॄणत्रयात्

Transliteration

snātamātro narastatra rudraloke mahīyate / pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā mucyate 'sāvṝṇatrayāt

Translation

L’homme qui ne fait que s’y baigner est honoré dans le monde de Rudra (Rudra-loka). Et après avoir accompli le tarpaṇa, les libations aux ancêtres, il est délivré de la triple dette.

Word by Word

• स्नातमात्रः: merely by bathing
• स्नातमात्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्नातः मात्रः’ (अवधारणार्थे) — ‘केवलं स्नातः’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘रुद्रस्य लोकः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु) (आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः — ‘महिमानं प्राप्नोति/पूज्यते’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तर्पणम्: the offering (tarpana)
• तर्पणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — पूर्वक्रिया

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऋणत्रयात्: from the three debts
• ऋणत्रयात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘त्रयम् ऋणम्’ (द्विगु)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana discourse of tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma to the assembled sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames liberation as beginning with purification (tīrtha-snana) and dharma (pitṛ-tarpaṇa), which remove binding obligations (ṛṇa-traya) that obscure steady self-knowledge.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Not a meditation technique per se, but a preparatory discipline: ritual purity through sacred bathing and pitṛ-tarpaṇa, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s dharma-based foundations that support higher yogic steadiness.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By presenting Rudra-loka as a meritorious goal attained through dharmic acts endorsed within a Vaishnava Purana, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony: devotion and duty lead to divine grace across sectarian forms.