Shloka 12

Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching

Maṅkaṇaka Episode

Devanagari script

यदि स्यात् पातकोपेतः स्वधर्मरतिवर्जितः / गयां यास्यति वंश्यो यः सो ऽस्मान् संतारयिष्यति

Transliteration

yadi syāt pātakopetaḥ svadharmarativarjitaḥ / gayāṃ yāsyati vaṃśyo yaḥ so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati

Translation

ವಂಶಜನು ಪಾಪಭಾರದಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ್ದರೂ, ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ರತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರೂ, ಅವನು ಗಯಾಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದರೆ ಅವನೇ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು (ಪಿತೃಗಳನ್ನು) ದುಃಖಸಾಗರದಿಂದ ದಾಟಿಸುವನು।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु: अस् ‘to be’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• पातक-उपेतः: endowed with sin
• पातक-उपेतः: Visheshana (विशेषण of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त; उप-इ √i ‘to go’ → उपेत ‘endowed/possessed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पातकेन उपेतः = endowed with sin)

• स्वधर्म-रति-वर्जितः: devoid of attachment to his own duty
• स्वधर्म-रति-वर्जितः: Visheshana (विशेषण of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva-dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rati (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/varj ‘to avoid’ → वर्जित ‘devoid of’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वधर्मे रतिः तस्याः वर्जितः = devoid of delight in one’s own dharma)

• गयाम्: to Gayā
• गयाम्: Karma (कर्म/destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object of motion)

• यास्यति: will go
• यास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु: या ‘to go’)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वंश्यः: a descendant
• वंश्यः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता; relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: बहुवचन, द्वितीया (2nd case); 1st person pronoun object

• संतारयिष्यति: will deliver (ferry across)
• संतारयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√tṝ (धातु: तॄ ‘to cross’ with causative; सन्तारय ‘to ferry across’)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative), लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

A narrator/teacher voice within the Kurma Purana’s tīrtha-māhātmya section (instructional discourse praising Gayā as a liberating pilgrimage for pitṛs).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Vaṃśya (descendant)
• Svadharma
• Pātaka

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it emphasizes salvific passage (saṃtāraṇa) through dharma-centered sacred action at a tīrtha; liberation is approached via purificatory karma that orients the self toward the higher good, even when personal conduct has been flawed.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No formal yoga-āsana or meditation is stated; the practice highlighted is tīrtha-yātrā as a dharmic discipline—undertaking pilgrimage to Gayā for śrāddha/tarpaṇa and expiatory purification (prāyaścitta), which the Purāṇa treats as spiritually transformative.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

This verse does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it reflects the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis by prioritizing dharma and sacred rites (often shared across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava frameworks) as effective means for purification and upliftment.