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Shloka 76

Gayā-kṣetra and Phalgu Tīrtha: Sites, Rites, and the Liberation of the Pitṛs

Devanagari script

सोमकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा सोमलोकं च गच्छति / संवर्तस्य नरो वाप्यां सुभगः स्यात्तु पिण्डदः

Transliteration

somakuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā somalokaṃ ca gacchati / saṃvartasya naro vāpyāṃ subhagaḥ syāttu piṇḍadaḥ

Translation

सोमकुण्ड में स्नान करने से मनुष्य सोमलोक को प्राप्त होता है। और संवर्त की वापी में पिण्डदान करने वाला शुभ और सौभाग्यवान होता है।

Word by Word
सोमकुण्डेin the Soma-pond
सोमकुण्डे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया
सोमलोकम्to the Soma-world
सोमलोकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गन्तव्य (goal)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
संवर्तस्यof Saṃvarta
संवर्तस्य:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
वाप्याम्in the reservoir/pond
वाप्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवापी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक
सुभगःfortunate
सुभगः:
Karta-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
स्यात्would be / becomes
स्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण/विरोधबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
पिण्डदःthe piṇḍa-offerer
पिण्डदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड + द (धातु/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun: giver of piṇḍa)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Shraddha Ritual

Ritual Type: Parvana

Beneficiary: Pitr

Timing: During tīrtha-yātrā / at the specified tīrtha-site

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Tīrtha-snāna and piṇḍa-dāna as meritorious acts producing specific phala (Somaloka; saubhāgya).

Vedantic Theme: Karma-phala-niyama (lawful fruition of action) within a dharmic cosmos; sacred space as an upāya for purification.

Application: Undertake tīrtha-bath with sankalpa; perform piṇḍa-dāna at prescribed sites with śraddhā, dedicating merit to pitṛs and seeking inner purity rather than mere tourism.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tīrtha (kuṇḍa) and vāpyā (stepwell/well)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana, Pretakalpa/Śrāddha sections on tīrtha-śrāddha and piṇḍa-dāna phala; Garuda Purana passages listing Gayā and other tīrthas for pitṛ-tarpaṇa

Characters & Entities
S
Soma
S
Saṃvarta

FAQs

This verse states that bathing at Soma-kuṇḍa grants the merit leading to Soma-loka (the celestial realm associated with Soma).

It links two merit-producing acts: tīrtha-snana (bathing at a sacred site) and piṇḍa-dāna (offering funeral oblations), presenting both as spiritually efficacious actions with specific results.

Maintain reverence for ancestors through śrāddha/piṇḍa offerings when appropriate, and approach pilgrimages as disciplined, ethical practices aimed at purification rather than mere travel.

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