Shloka 6

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

ततो वैतरणीं गच्छेत्‌ सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्‌ | विरजं तीर्थमासाद्य विराजति यथा शशी,तदनन्तर सब पापोंसे छुड़ानेवाली वैतरणीकी यात्रा करे। वहाँ विरजतीर्थमें जाकर स्नान करनेसे मनुष्य चन्द्रमाके समान प्रकाशित होता है

Transliteration

tato vaitaraṇīṃ gacchet sarvapāpapramocanīm | virajaṃ tīrtham āsādya virājati yathā śaśī ||

Translation

Then one should proceed to the Vaitaraṇī, the ford that releases a person from all sins. Reaching the spotless sacred ford called Viraja and bathing there, a person shines forth like the moon—purified, clarified, and made fit again for righteous living.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैतरणीम्: Vaitaraṇī (river/ford)
• वैतरणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैतरणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्: the remover of all sins
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपापप्रमोचनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विरजम्: Vira-ja (name), free from impurity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund, -ya), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विराजति: shines, becomes resplendent
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + राज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शशी: the moon
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Vaitaraṇī
• Viraja-tīrtha
• Moon (Śaśī)