Shloka 195

Devanagari script

मासि मासि नरव्याप्र संनिहत्यां न संशय: । तीर्थसंनिहनादेव संनिहत्येति विश्रुता,पृथ्वीपर और आकाशमें जितने तीर्थ, नदी, हृद, तड़ाग, सम्पूर्ण झरने, उदपान, बावली, तीर्थ और मन्दिर हैं, वे प्रत्येक मासकी अमावस्याको संनिहतीमें अवश्य पधारेंगे। तीर्थोका संघात या समूह होनेके कारण ही वह संनिहती नामसे विख्यात है

Transliteration

ghulastya uvāca |

māsi māsi naravyāghra saṁnihatyāṁ na saṁśayaḥ |

tīrthasaṁnihānād eva saṁnihatyeti viśrutā ||

Translation

Ghulastya said: “O tiger among men, there is no doubt that month after month all sacred fords gather at Saṁnihatyā. Indeed, it is famed as ‘Saṁnihatyā’ precisely because of this very confluence and assembling of tīrthas.”

Word by Word

मासिin a month

मासिin (each) month

नरव्याप्रO tiger among men

संनिहत्याम्at Sannihatī (the sacred gathering-place)

नnot

संशयःdoubt

तीर्थसंनिहनात्from the gathering/assembling of tīrthas

एवindeed/only

संनिहतीSannihatī (name of the place)

इतिthus

विश्रुताwell-known/famed

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghulastya

Saṁnihatyā

tīrtha (sacred fords/pilgrimage sites)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the sanctity of pilgrimage and the idea that certain places become especially holy because they are understood as meeting-points of many tīrthas; reverence for such confluences supports dharma through disciplined, faith-based practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ghulastya addresses a heroic listener (‘naravyāghra’) and explains why Saṁnihatyā is renowned: it is believed that the tīrthas ‘assemble’ there regularly, making it a celebrated pilgrimage locus.