Shloka 15

Devanagari script

लपेटिकां ततो गच्छेत्‌ पुण्यां पुण्योपशोभिताम्‌

Transliteration

lapeṭikāṁ tato gacchet puṇyāṁ puṇyopaśobhitām

Translation

Sesudah itu, hendaknya ia pergi ke Lapeṭikā, tempat suci yang kian bercahaya oleh kesuciannya sendiri.

Word by Word

• लपेटिकाम्: Lapetika (a place/name)
• लपेटिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लपेटिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुण्याम्: holy/meritorious
• पुण्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: adorned/beautified by merit (holy deeds)
• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य-उपशोभित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Lapeṭikā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the dharmic value of pilgrimage: moving from one sacred site to another with reverence, recognizing that holiness (puṇya) itself is what makes a tīrtha spiritually radiant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is guiding a sequence of pilgrimage destinations, instructing the listener to go next from the current location to the sacred place called Lapeṭikā.