Shloka 316

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

रूपस्यथ भागी भवति सुभगश्च प्रजापते । राजन! वहाँ ब्रह्मर्षि संवर्तकी दुर्लभ बावली है। उसमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सुन्दररूपका भागी और सौभाग्यशाली होता है

Transliteration

Pulastya uvāca: rūpasyātha bhāgī bhavati subhagaś ca prajāpate. rājan! tatra brahmarṣi-saṃvartakī durlabhā bāvalī asti. tasyāṃ snātvā manuṣyaḥ sundara-rūpasya bhāgī saubhāgyaś ca bhavati.

Translation

Pulastya said: “Thereafter, O king, a person becomes a sharer in beauty and also fortunate, by the grace of Prajāpati. In that place there is a rare step-well called Saṃvartakī, associated with the brahmarṣi Saṃvarta. By bathing in it, a human being attains handsome form and good fortune.”

Word by Word

• रूपस्य: of beauty/form
• रूपस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• भागी: a sharer/possessor
• भागी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुभगः: fortunate/beautiful
• सुभगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रजापते: O Prajapati
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ब्रह्मर्षेः: of the brahmarshi
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवर्तस्य: of Samvarta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्लभा: rare/difficult to obtain
• दुर्लभा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वापी: well/pond (step-well)
• वापी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्याम्: in that (well)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active

• मनुष्यः: a man/person
• मनुष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुन्दररूपस्य: of beautiful form
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दररूप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भागी: a possessor/sharer
• भागी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सौभाग्यशाली: fortunate
• सौभाग्यशाली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौभाग्यशालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Prajāpati
• King (rājan)
• Brahmarṣi Saṃvarta
• Saṃvartakī step-well (bāvalī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes the dharmic idea that contact with a sacred tīrtha—especially bathing with faith—can purify and confer auspicious qualities such as beauty and good fortune, reflecting the moral economy of merit (puṇya) in the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is describing a particular sacred site to the king: a rare step-well named Saṃvartakī, linked with the sage Saṃvarta. He states the फल (result) of bathing there—attaining handsome form and auspicious fortune.