Shloka 37

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

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

कार्तिकीं वा वसेदेकां पुष्करे सममेव तत्‌,जो पूरे सौ वर्षोतक अग्निहोत्र करता है और जो कार्तिककी एक ही पूर्णिमाको पुष्करमें वास करता है, दोनोंका फल बराबर है

Transliteration

kārtikīṁ vā vased ekāṁ puṣkare samam eva tat

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “If one lives at Puṣkara for a single Kārtikī full-moon observance, its merit is equal to that of performing the Agnihotra sacrifice continuously for a hundred years.” The statement elevates sincere, time-bound pilgrimage and disciplined observance as ethically comparable to long, arduous ritual practice, emphasizing accessible paths to religious merit when undertaken with faith and restraint.

Word by Word

• कार्तिकीम्: the (night/day of) Kārtikī (full-moon of Kārtika)
• कार्तिकीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिकी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• वसेत्: should dwell/stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकाम्: one (single)
• एकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• समम्: equal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तत्: that (result/fruit)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Puṣkara
• Kārtikī (Kārtika Pūrṇimā)
• Agnihotra