Shloka 9

Agastya–Lopāmudrā: Marriage, Austerity, and Conditions for Conjugal Union (लोमशकथितम्)

Devanagari script

नगो गयशिरो यत्र पुण्या चैव महानदी

Transliteration

nago gayaśiro yatra puṇyā caiva mahānadī

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “There lies the mountain called Gayaśiras, and there too flows a great and sacred river.”

Word by Word

• नगः: a mountain
• नगः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गयशिरः: Gayaśiras (name of a mountain/peak)
• गयशिरः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयशिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• पुण्या: holy, sacred
• पुण्या: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महानदी: a great river
• महानदी: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gayaśiras (mountain)
• Mahānadī (great sacred river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights sacred geography: certain places—mountains and rivers—are regarded as intrinsically purifying and merit-giving, encouraging reverence, restraint, and pilgrimage-oriented dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing a holy region by naming its notable features: the mountain Gayaśiras and a great sacred river, as part of a broader account of tīrthas and revered locales.