Shloka 4

The Aśūnyaśayana Vow: Expiation, Viṣṇu’s Theophany, and Liberation for Divyā Devī

Devanagari script

समुद्धर महापापाद्राजकन्यां यशस्विनीम् । त्वया पृष्टं मया ख्यातं पुण्यदं पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

samuddhara mahāpāpādrājakanyāṃ yaśasvinīm | tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ mayā khyātaṃ puṇyadaṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

Sauve la princesse illustre du grand péché. Ce que tu as demandé, je l’ai maintenant exposé : ce qui confère le mérite et détruit le péché.

Word by Word

• समुद्धर: lift up, rescue
• समुद्धर: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महापापात्: from great sin
• महापापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महद् पापम्)

• राजकन्याम्: the king’s daughter
• राजकन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः कन्या)

• यशस्विनीम्: glorious, renowned
• यशस्विनीम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (राजकन्याम् इति)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पृष्टम्: asked
• पृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ्/पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘asked’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: told, made known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘made known/told’

• पुण्यदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यदम्: Karma/Predicate (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-आधारित) → द (देय/द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यं ददाति इति)

• पापनाशनम्: destroying sin
• पापनाशनम्: Karma/Predicate (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 88).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: vira

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: महापापाद्राजकन्यां→महापापात् राजकन्याम्

FAQs

What is the central teaching of this verse?

It frames the teaching as both ethically urgent (rescue the princess from grave wrongdoing) and spiritually efficacious (the explanation grants merit and destroys sin).

Does this verse indicate a specific ritual or a moral action?

The verse’s grammar emphasizes action—“rescue” (samuddhara)—while also praising the discourse itself as pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying). The precise ritual or storyline details require the surrounding context.

Who is speaking to whom here in the Padma Purana?

The excerpt does not name the speaker or listener. Bhūmi-khaṇḍa frequently appears in dialogue form, but identifying the pair (e.g., a sage addressing a questioner) requires verses immediately before/after this shloka.