Shloka 12
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
Devanagari script
वृषभैकादशफलं लभते नात्र संशय: । पुष्पवत्यामुपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नर:
Transliteration
vṛṣabhaikādaśaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | puṣpavatyām upaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ ||
Translation
Pulastya said: “There is no doubt of it: a man who performs ritual purification by bathing at Puṣpavatī and then observes a fast for three nights attains the merit equal to that of the ‘eleven-bull’ sacrifice. The teaching emphasizes that disciplined austerity joined with sacred observance at a holy place yields great spiritual fruit.”
Word by Word
वृषभैकादशफलम्the fruit (merit) of (the rite called) ‘vṛṣabha-ekādaśa’
वृषभैकादशफलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ-एकादश-फल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अत्रhere / in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्पवत्याम्in/at (the place/river) ‘Puṣpavatī’
पुष्पवत्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्पवत्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
उपस्पृश्यhaving touched / having performed ablution (by touching water)
उपस्पृश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउपस्पृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Ātmanepada-neutral
त्रिरात्रthree nights (for a period of three nights)
त्रिरात्र:
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि-रात्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपोषितःhaving fasted
उपोषितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउपवस् (उप + वस्)
FormPast Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
P
PulastyaP
PuṣpavatīVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes