Shloka 62

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य ज्येष्ठस्थानं व्रजेन्नर: । अभिगम्य महादेवं विराजति यथा शशी

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya jyeṣṭhasthānaṁ vrajen naraḥ | abhigamya mahādevaṁ virājati yathā śaśī ||

Translation

Having circumambulated in reverence and then turning back, a man should proceed to the foremost (most honored) place. Approaching Mahādeva (Śiva) in this manner, he shines with auspicious radiance—like the moon in the sky. The verse underscores that disciplined, respectful approach to the divine and to sacred spaces elevates one’s inner and outer dignity.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise; in circumambulation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative usage)

• उपावृत्य: having turned/returned (after doing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-वृत्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; from उप-आ-वृत्

• ज्येष्ठस्थानम्: the foremost/elder place (chief seat/position)
• ज्येष्ठस्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठस्थान
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• व्रजेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable; from अभि-गम्

• महादेवम्: Mahadeva (the great god, Shiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• विराजति: shines; appears splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज्
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• यथा: as; like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya

• शशी: the moon
• शशी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Śaśī (the Moon)