Shloka 13

Sequential Description of Pilgrimage Fords and Their Merits

Tīrtha-Itinerary

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठं समतिक्रम्य सर्वे वर्णा द्विजातयः । ऋषिकुल्यां नरः स्नात्वा ऋषिलोकं प्रपद्यते

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhaṃ samatikramya sarve varṇā dvijātayaḥ | ṛṣikulyāṃ naraḥ snātvā ṛṣilokaṃ prapadyate

Translation

ヴァシシュタ（Vasiṣṭha）の聖域を越え、あらゆるヴァルナ（varṇa）の二度生まれ（dvija）たちは、リシクルヤー（Ṛṣikulyā）で沐浴して、聖仙の世界リシローカ（Ṛṣiloka）に至る。

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठम्: Vasiṣṭha (sage)
• वसिष्ठम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• समतिक्रम्य: having passed beyond
• समतिक्रम्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+अति+क्रम् (धातु) → समतिक्रम्य (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having overstepped/passed beyond’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier of ‘वर्णाः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• वर्णाः: classes/varṇas
• वर्णाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• द्विजातयः: the twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
• द्विजातयः: सम्बन्ध/अपादान-भाव (Appositional to ‘वर्णाः’; identifying them as ‘twice-born’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• ऋषिकुल्याम्: in the Ṛṣikulyā (river/stream of sages)
• ऋषिकुल्याम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिकुल्या (प्रातिपदिक: ऋषि+कुल्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Feminine, Locative (7th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ऋषीणां कुल्या’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• ऋषिलोकम्: the world of sages
• ऋषिलोकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिलोक (प्रातिपदिक: ऋषि+लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ऋषीणां लोकः’

• प्रपद्यते: attains/approaches
• प्रपद्यते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+पद् (धातु) → प्रपद्यते
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Svargakhaṇḍa dialogues).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: river

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: No major external sandhi; compounds: ऋषि+कुल्या → ऋषिकुल्या, ऋषि+लोक → ऋषिलोक.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Ṛṣikulyā
• Ṛṣiloka

FAQs

What does this verse say about the fruit of bathing in the Ṛṣikulyā?

It states that bathing in the Ṛṣikulyā tīrtha leads to attaining Ṛṣiloka, the realm associated with the sages.

Who are referred to as ‘dvijātayaḥ’ in this verse?

‘Dvijātayaḥ’ refers to the ‘twice-born’—those traditionally considered initiated through sacred rites (commonly Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, and Vaiśya).

What is the broader religious teaching implied by this śloka?

It emphasizes tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) and ritual purification (snāna) as means to spiritual elevation, linking sacred geography to specific promised post-mortem or transcendental attainments.