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Shloka 93

The Procedure for Offering Piṇḍa (Funerary Rice-balls) — Gayā-māhātmya

प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय श्रीधराय च विष्णवे । पंचतीर्थ्यां नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मलोके नयेत्पितॄन् ॥ ९३ ॥

pradyumnāyāniruddhāya śrīdharāya ca viṣṇave | paṃcatīrthyāṃ naraḥ snātvā brahmaloke nayetpitṝn || 93 ||

パンチャティールティーで沐浴し、プラデュムナ、アニルッダ、シュリーダラ、そしてヴィシュヌを讃える者は、祖霊(ピトリ)をブラフマー界(ブラフマローカ)へと導く。

प्रद्युम्नायto Pradyumna
प्रद्युम्नाय:
सम्प्रदान (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
अनिरुद्धायto Aniruddha
अनिरुद्धाय:
सम्प्रदान (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
श्रीधरायto Śrīdhara
श्रीधराय:
सम्प्रदान (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीधर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
and
:
समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
विष्णवेto Viṣṇu
विष्णवे:
सम्प्रदान (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
पञ्चतीर्थ्याम्at the Pañcatīrthī (five sacred fords)
पञ्चतीर्थ्याम्:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चतीर्थी (प्रातिपदिक: पञ्च + तीर्थी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पञ्चानां तीर्थानां समाहार/सम्बन्धः)
नरःa man
नरः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having bathed’
ब्रह्मलोकेin Brahmaloka
ब्रह्मलोके:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + लोक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)
नयेत्should lead
नयेत्:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
पितṝन्the ancestors
पितṝन्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Narada

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

V
Vishnu
P
Pradyumna
A
Aniruddha
S
Sridhar(a)
P
Pitrs
B
Brahmaloka

FAQs

It links tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing at Pañcatīrthī) with Viṣṇu-centered devotion and declares a specific fruit: the upliftment of one’s Pitṛs to Brahmaloka.

Bhakti is expressed through praising Viṣṇu in his revered forms/titles (Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Śrīdhara). The tīrtha act becomes spiritually potent when joined to Viṣṇu-smaraṇa and stuti.

Ritual praxis (kalpa-oriented conduct) is implied: performing snāna at a prescribed tīrtha with appropriate deity-invocation for a defined result (phala) connected to Pitṛ-related rites.