Shloka 21

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

दशकोटिसहस््राणि तीर्थानां वै महामते । सांनिध्य॑ पुष्करे येषां त्रिसंध्यं कुरुनन्दन

Transliteration

daśa-koṭi-sahasrāṇi tīrthānāṃ vai mahā-mate | sānnidhyaṃ puṣkare yeṣāṃ tri-saṃdhyaṃ kuru-nandana ||

Translation

O wise one, there are tens of millions of sacred fords (tīrthas). Yet those whose sanctifying presence is gathered at Puṣkara—O delight of the Kurus—(are such that) one who performs the rites at the three daily junctions of time there gains the concentrated merit of many pilgrimage-sites. The verse underscores disciplined daily worship and the special spiritual potency attributed to Puṣkara as a convergence of tīrtha-power.

Word by Word

• दशकोटिसहस्राणि: ten-crore-thousands (i.e., countless tens of millions)
• दशकोटिसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-कोटि-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तीर्थानाम्: of pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• महामते: O great-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्करे: in Pushkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• येषाम्: of which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्रिसन्ध्यम्: at the three junctions (three times a day)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-सन्ध्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• tīrtha (pilgrimage sites)
• tri-saṃdhyā (three daily sandhyā times)
• Kuru-nandana (address to a Kuru prince)