Shloka 32
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
Devanagari script
सायं प्रातः स्मरेद् यस्तु पुष्कराणि कृताञज्जलि:
Transliteration
sāyaṃ prātaḥ smared yas tu puṣkarāṇi kṛtāñjaliḥ
Translation
グーラースティヤは言った。「夕べにも、また暁にも、合掌して敬虔に聖なるプシュカラを想起する者は…」
Word by Word
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम्
Formindeclinable (temporal adverb)
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः
Formindeclinable (temporal adverb)
स्मरेत्should remember
स्मरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
Formvidhi-liṅ (optative), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular, present-system
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तुindeed / but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
Formindeclinable (particle)
पुष्कराणिPushkaras (the sacred lakes/places named Puṣkara)
पुष्कराणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर
Formneuter, accusative, plural
कृताञ्जलिःwith hands joined (in reverence)
कृताञ्जलिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृताञ्जलि
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
G
GhūlastyaP
Puṣkara (tīrtha/holy place)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Regular, reverent remembrance of a sacred tīrtha—performed at auspicious times like dawn and dusk—functions as a dharmic discipline, cultivating devotion and accruing spiritual merit even without elaborate ritual.
The speaker (Ghūlastya) begins a statement describing the benefit for a person who, with folded hands, remembers the Puṣkara holy places at evening and morning—introducing a teaching on tīrtha-related practice and its फल (result), which continues in subsequent verses.