Shloka 55

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

स्वर्गलोके महीयेत नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः । ततो गिरिवरश्रेष्ठे चित्रकूटे विशांपते

Transliteration

svargaloke mahīyeta naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | tato girivaraśreṣṭhe citrakūṭe viśāṃpate

Translation

人は天界において尊ばれる—これに疑いはない。そののち、民の主よ、（彼は）山々の最勝たるチトラクータへ赴く。

Word by Word

• स्वर्गलोके: in the heaven-world
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य लोकः)

• महीयेत: would be honored / would attain greatness
• महीयेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘be honored/attain greatness’

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (अपादान/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• गिरिवरश्रेष्ठे: on the best of excellent mountains
• गिरिवरश्रेष्ठे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि-वर-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः बहु-तत्पुरुषः (गिरिणां वरः; तस्य श्रेष्ठः)

• चित्रकूटे: at Citrakūṭa
• चित्रकूटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रकूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थाननाम

• विशाम्-पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• विशाम्-पते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विशां पतिः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual dialogue attribution not provided in the input)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: नास्त्यत्र = न + अस्ति + अत्र; विशांपते = विशाम् + पते (अनुस्वार/सन्धि).

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Chitrakūṭa

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the result (phala) of religious merit?

It states that the doer of such merit attains honor in Svarga without doubt, presenting a clear phala-śruti (statement of spiritual result).

Why is Chitrakūṭa highlighted here?

Chitrakūṭa is praised as “the best among mountains,” marking it as a highly sacred locus in the Purāṇic sacred geography, often associated with pilgrimage and sanctity.

Who is addressed as “viśāṃpati” in this verse?

“Viśāṃpati” is a respectful address meaning “lord of the people,” typically referring to a king or ruler being instructed in dharma and sacred destinations.