Shloka 16

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततो महेन्द्रमासाद्य जामदग्न्यनिषेवितम्‌

Transliteration

tato mahendram āsādya jāmadagnyaniṣevitam

Translation

Then, having reached Mahendra—frequented and sanctified by Jamadagni’s descendant (Paraśurāma)—Pulastya indicates the next stage of the journey: arrival at a revered mountain associated with an ascetic-warrior’s presence, where the landscape itself becomes a moral marker of tapas, restraint, and disciplined power.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• महेन्द्रम्: Mahendra (Indra / the great Indra; also a mountain-name in some contexts)
• महेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached, having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√सद्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable; sense: having reached/approached

• जामदग्न्य: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निषेवितम्: frequented, inhabited, resorted to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√सेव्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular (past passive participle; agreeing with महेन्द्रम् understood as a place/object reached)

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahendra (mountain)
• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Jamadagni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how places gain ethical and spiritual significance through association with exemplary figures: a landscape ‘frequented’ by a disciplined, tapas-endowed hero-sage becomes a reminder that power should be governed by restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues describing a sequence of destinations, stating that the travelers next reach Mahendra, a sacred locale known for being visited and inhabited by Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya).