Shloka 93

The Glory of Śrāddha at Sacred Fords and the Determination of the Kutapa Time

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा चैव कथितं तीर्थश्राद्धानुकीर्तनम् । शृणोति यः पठेद्वापि श्रीमान्संजायते नरः

Transliteration

brahmaṇā caiva kathitaṃ tīrthaśrāddhānukīrtanam | śṛṇoti yaḥ paṭhedvāpi śrīmānsaṃjāyate naraḥ

Translation

Ce récit des śrāddhas accomplis aux tīrtha sacrés, tel que l’a enseigné Brahmā : quiconque l’écoute ou même le récite devient un homme comblé de prospérité et de bon augure.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā / by Brahman
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कथितम्: told / narrated
• कथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP; nominative/accusative sg.)

• तीर्थश्राद्धानुकीर्तनम्: the recitation of the tīrtha-śrāddha
• तीर्थश्राद्धानुकीर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (N/Acc sg.); समासः—षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषभावः (tīrtha-śrāddha-anu-kīrtana: ‘recitation of tīrtha-śrāddha’)

• शृणोति: he hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun; nominative sg.)

• पठेत्: may recite / should read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• श्रीमान्: prosperous, fortunate
• श्रीमान्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative sg.)

• संजायते: is born / comes to be
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative sg.)

Speaker

Not explicitly stated in the provided verse (Brahmā is cited as the authority who taught this teaching).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव = च + एव; पठेद्वापि = पठेत् + वा + अपि; श्रीमान्संजायते = श्रीमान् + संजायते.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What practice is praised in this verse?

It praises hearing (śravaṇa) or reciting (pāṭha) the narration about performing śrāddha rites at sacred tīrthas, as taught by Brahmā.

What result (phala) does the verse promise?

It states that the listener or reciter becomes śrīmān—endowed with prosperity, fortune, and auspicious well-being.

What is the ethical or devotional lesson conveyed here?

The verse highlights reverence for ancestral duties (śrāddha) and the Purāṇic ideal that sincere engagement with sacred teachings—through listening or recitation—brings merit and auspicious outcomes.