Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यत्र भागीरथी गड्जा पतते दिशमुत्तराम्‌ । महेश्वरस्य त्रिस्थाने यो नरस्त्वभिषिच्यते

Transliteration

yatra bhāgīrathī gaṅgā patate diśam uttarām | maheśvarasya tristhāne yo naras tv abhiṣicyate ||

Translation

Di tempat Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) mengalir ke arah utara—di tristhāna (tiga tempat suci) milik Maheśvara, orang yang menerima abhiṣeka (siraman suci) menjadi tersucikan dan terangkat batinnya.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• भागीरथी: the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• भागीरथी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागीरथी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पतते: falls, flows down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तराम्: northern
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महेश्वरस्य: of Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्रिस्थाने: in the threefold place/seat
• त्रिस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed, but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अभिषिच्यते: is anointed, is consecrated (bathed ritually)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• Uttarā diś (north)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Tristhāna (a threefold sacred place/confluence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that reverent contact with a sacred tīrtha—especially bathing at a Śiva-associated holy locus where the Gaṅgā flows northward—supports purification and strengthens dharmic living; outer ritual is presented as a means toward inner cleansing and ethical steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes a specific sacred geography: a place where the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) turns/flows northward and where Maheśvara’s ‘tristhāna’ is located. He states the merit of being ritually bathed (abhiṣeka/ablution) there, as part of a broader discourse on tīrthas and religious duties.