Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

यज् ज्येष्ठशुक्लद्वादश्यां स्नात्वा वै यमुनाजले मथुरायां हरिं दृष्ट्वा प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

yaj jyeṣṭhaśukladvādaśyāṃ snātvā vai yamunājale mathurāyāṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

Barang siapa pada hari Dvādaśī paruh terang bulan Jyeṣṭha mandi di air Yamunā lalu memandang Hari di Mathurā, ia mencapai tujuan tertinggi, yakni pembebasan dalam Tuhan.

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• jyeṣṭhaśukladvādaśyām: on the bright twelfth (dvādaśī) of Jyeṣṭha
• jyeṣṭhaśukladvādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha+śukla+dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण (locative of time)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• mathurāyām: in Mathurā
• mathurāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mathurā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• harim: Hari (Vishnu)
• harim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘प्र’ उपसर्गयुक्त

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (गतिम् इत्यस्य)

• gatim: state, destination
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Yamuna
• Mathura
• Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)

FAQs

What is the significance of bathing in the Yamuna on Jyeṣṭha śukla Dvādaśī in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents it as an especially potent tirtha-observance: bathing in the Yamunā on that lunar day, followed by Hari’s darśana in Mathurā, is said to lead to the highest spiritual end.

How does Sage Parāśara frame liberation (paramā gati) in this passage?

Liberation is linked to a combined act of purity and devotion—ritual bathing (snāna) and direct devotional encounter (darśana) with Hari—implying grace-mediated attainment rather than mere ritualism.

What is the theological importance of Hari in this context?

Hari is portrayed as the sovereign bestower of the ‘supreme destination’; seeing Him in the sacred locus of Mathurā becomes a direct channel to moksha, aligning with Vaishnava emphasis on the Lord as the ultimate refuge and end.