Shloka 97

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

अधीत्य द्विजमध्ये च निर्मलत्वमवाप्नुयात् । श्रीमत्स्वर्ग्यं महापुण्यं सपत्नशमनं शिवम्

Transliteration

adhītya dvijamadhye ca nirmalatvamavāpnuyāt | śrīmatsvargyaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sapatnaśamanaṃ śivam

Translation

દ્વિજોના મધ્યમાં આનું અધ્યયન કરવાથી નિર્મળતા પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે. તે શ્રીસમૃદ્ધિ, સ્વર્ગપ્રાપ્તિ, મહાપુણ્ય, વિરોધી-શમન અને શિવમંગલ આપે છે.

Word by Word

• अधीत्य: having studied/recited
• अधीत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि-√इ (धातु) + क्त्वा/ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-रूप)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having studied/recited’

• द्विजमध्ये: among the twice-born
• द्विजमध्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + मध्ये (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘द्विजानां मध्ये’

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

• निर्मलत्वम्: purity; stainlessness
• निर्मलत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मलत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain; should obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• श्रीमत्: splendid; auspicious
• श्रीमत्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessing prosperity)

• स्वर्ग्यम्: heavenly; leading to heaven
• स्वर्ग्यम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• महापुण्यम्: greatly meritorious
• महापुण्यम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महৎ पुण्यम्)

• सपत्नशमनम्: pacification of rivals
• सपत्नशमनम्: Vidheyapada (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न + शमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘सपत्नानां शमनम्’

• शिवम्: auspicious; beneficent
• शिवम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial phalaśruti-style statement within Svarga-khaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: निर्मलत्वमवाप्नुयात् = निर्मलत्वम् + अवाप्नुयात्.

FAQs

What practice is recommended in this verse?

It recommends studying or reciting the text in the company of the “twice-born” (traditionally, learned brāhmaṇas), emphasizing disciplined learning and communal transmission.

What results (phala) does the verse claim for such study?

It lists purity (nirmalatva), prosperity (śrī), attainment of heaven (svarga), great religious merit (mahāpuṇya), the calming of opponents or rivalry (sapatnaśamana), and auspicious welfare (śiva).

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson implied here?

The verse frames scriptural study as a purifying act that supports both inner refinement (purity, auspiciousness) and social harmony (pacification of rivalry), linking learning with character and conduct.