Shloka 38

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

जातिमात्र ह्रदे स्नात्वा भवेज्जातिस्मरो नरः । शरभंगाश्रमं गत्वा शुकस्य च महात्मनः

Transliteration

jātimātra hrade snātvā bhavejjātismaro naraḥ | śarabhaṃgāśramaṃ gatvā śukasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Translation

ジャーティマー トラの湖で沐浴すれば、人は前世の生を想起する者となる。ついでシャラバンガのアーシュラマへ赴き、さらに大魂シュカの住処にも参じて、いよいよ功徳を増す。

Word by Word

• जातिमात्रे: in the (tīrtha) called ‘Jātimātra’
• जातिमात्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जातिः एव मात्रम्)

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जातिस्मरः: one who remembers (past) births
• जातिस्मरः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जातिं स्मरति इति)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शरभङ्गाश्रमम्: the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga
• शरभङ्गाश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शरभङ्गस्य आश्रमः)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• शुकस्य: of Śuka
• शुकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (sage)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Not specified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within the Adhyaya).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: जातिमात्र → जातिमात्रे (सप्तमी एकवचन, पद्ये ‘जातिमात्र’ इति संधिलोप/प्रयोग); भवेज्जातिस्मरो → भवेत् + जातिस्मरः; शरभंगाश्रमं → शरभङ्गाश्रमम्.

Characters & Entities

• Jātimātra-hrada
• Śarabhaṅga
• Śuka

FAQs

What does bathing in Jātimātra-hrada grant according to this verse?

It states that bathing there makes a person ‘jātismara’—one who remembers previous births.

Why are Śarabhaṅga’s and Śuka’s hermitages mentioned here?

They function as sacred destinations in a pilgrimage sequence, implying additional spiritual merit through visiting revered sages’ āśramas.

What broader religious theme does this verse reflect within the Svarga-khaṇḍa?

It reflects tīrtha-māhātmya (the glorification of sacred places), emphasizing purification and spiritual attainments through bathing and pilgrimage.