Shloka 33

उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)

Devanagari script

यमुनासलिले स्नातः पुरुषो मुनिसत्तम ज्येष्ठामूले ऽमले पक्षे द्वादश्याम् उपवासकृत्

Transliteration

yamunāsalile snātaḥ puruṣo munisattama jyeṣṭhāmūle 'male pakṣe dvādaśyām upavāsakṛt

Translation

Ô meilleur des sages, l’homme qui se baigne dans les eaux de la Yamunā et, durant la quinzaine claire et pure du mois de Jyeṣṭha (sous l’influence de Mūla), observe le jeûne au douzième jour, s’accorde avec la purification du dharma et la grâce sanctifiante du Seigneur.

Word by Word

• yamunāsalile: in the waters of the Yamunā
• yamunāsalile: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamunā+salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषण (पुरुषः)

• puruṣaḥ: a man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता

• munisattama: O best of sages
• munisattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni+sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; आमन्त्रण

• jyeṣṭhāmūle: at the beginning of (the month) Jyeṣṭhā
• jyeṣṭhāmūle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭhā+mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण (at the root/commencement of Jyeṣṭhā)

• amale: pure, spotless
• amale: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (पक्षे)

• pakṣe: in the fortnight
• pakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-period)

• dvādaśyām: on the twelfth lunar day
• dvādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण

• upavāsakṛt: one who performs fasting
• upavāsakṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upavāsa+kṛ (धातु; कृ)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कृत्/कृदन्त; ‘कृत्’ = ‘one who does’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (पुरुषः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Specific vrata-vidhi: Yamunā-snāna with Dvādaśī-upavāsa in Jyeṣṭha bright fortnight when Moon is at Mūla

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Purity through sacred bathing coupled with disciplined fasting on Dvādaśī constitutes a dharma-aligned devotional observance that invites the Lord’s sanctifying grace.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Keep Dvādaśī as a day of restraint (upavāsa or sāttvika diet), cleanliness, japa, and focused worship; if not at Yamunā, perform sankalpa with water as a substitute.

Vishishtadvaita: Embodied discipline (niyama) supports bhakti; grace perfects the act—devotion is practiced through body-mind while the Lord remains the giver of purity.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the significance of bathing in the Yamunā in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Yamunā-snāna as a tīrtha act that purifies the practitioner and supports dharmic merit, especially when paired with a disciplined vow like fasting.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of Dvādaśī fasting here?

Parāśara frames Dvādaśī upavāsa as a structured vrata whose timing (lunar day, fortnight, and astral marker) intensifies the rite’s purificatory and dharma-supporting effect.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even in ritual-focused passages, the Purāṇa implies that tīrtha and vrata derive their highest value from orienting the practitioner toward Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty and the maintenance of dharma.