Shloka 44

Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

पूर्वं प्रजेयं प्रपितामहेन सृष्टा समं भूतगणैः समस्तैः मही जलं वह्निसमीरमेव खं त्वेवमादौ विबभौ पृथूदकः

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ prajeyaṃ prapitāmahena sṛṣṭā samaṃ bhūtagaṇaiḥ samastaiḥ mahī jalaṃ vahnisamīrameva khaṃ tvevamādau vibabhau pṛthūdakaḥ

Translation

Autrefois, le Grand-Père (Brahmā) fit surgir la création avec toutes les cohortes des êtres ; terre, eau, feu, vent et espace : ainsi, dès l’origine, Pṛthūdaka se manifesta.

Word by Word

• पूर्वम्: formerly/at first
• पूर्वम्: कालाधिकरण (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रजेयम्: the creatures/progeny
• प्रजेयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (object sense)

• प्रपितामहेन: by the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• प्रपितामहेन: करण/कर्ता-हेतु (agent/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सृष्टा: created
• सृष्टा: क्रिया/विधेय (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (प्रजा) इति विशेष्ये

• समम्: together/equally
• समम्: सह/प्रकार (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: equally/together)

• भूतगणैः: with the hosts of beings
• भूतगणैः: सहकारक (accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (भूतानां गणाः)

• समस्तैः: all/entire
• समस्तैः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (भूतगणैः)

• मही: earth
• मही: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वह्निसमीरम्: fire and wind
• वह्निसमीरम्: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + समीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (fire and wind)

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• खम्: space/sky
• खम्: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/and then
• तु: सम्बन्ध (contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: प्रकार (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (at the beginning)

• विबभौ: shone/appeared
• विबभौ: क्रिया (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पृथूदकः: Pṛthūdaka
• पृथूदकः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संज्ञा

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (probable
• consistent with Vāmana Purāṇa discourse style)

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (Prapitāmaha)

Key Themes

• Cosmogony (elements: mahī, jala, vahni, samīra, kha)
• Sanctification of tīrtha through primordial origin
• Purāṇic sacred geography as cosmic microcosm

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By rooting a local tīrtha in the beginning of creation, the text teaches that sacred places are not arbitrary: they participate in cosmic order. Pilgrimage and bathing are framed as aligning oneself with the primordial harmony of the elements.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This verse touches Sarga (primary creation) by referencing Brahmā and the manifestation of the elements and beings. It uses sarga-language to authorize the tīrtha’s antiquity and potency.

What is the symbolic significance?

Pṛthūdaka’s emergence alongside the five great elements (pañca-mahābhūta) makes it a condensed 'cosmos in water'—a site where elemental balance is ritually re-integrated through snāna and devotion.