Shloka 103

Devanagari script

सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा स्वर्गतिं समवाप्नुयात् । सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं प्राप्य स्नात्वा च मुक्तिभाक् ॥ १०३ ॥

Transliteration

somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā svargatiṃ samavāpnuyāt | saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ prāpya snātvā ca muktibhāk || 103 ||

Translation

ಸೋಮತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದವನು ಸ್ವರ್ಗಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ‘ಸಪ್ತ-ಸಾರಸ್ವತ’ ಎಂಬ ತೀರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿಯ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• सोमतीर्थे: at the Soma-tīrtha
• सोमतीर्थे: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); समासः सोमस्य तीर्थे (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• स्वर्गतिम्: heavenly destination
• स्वर्गतिम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); समासः स्वर्गस्य गतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समवाप्नुयात्: would fully attain
• समवाप्नुयात्: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सप्तसारस्वतम्: the sevenfold Sarasvat-related
• सप्तसारस्वतम्: विशेषण (adjectival to tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (agreeing with तीर्थम्); समासः सप्त (संख्या) + सारस्वत (द्विगु)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object of प्राप्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/Absolutive in -ya), अव्ययभाव

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्धसूचक (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय (and)

• मुक्तिभाक्: partaker of liberation
• मुक्तिभाक्: कर्तृ (कर्ता/Subject, epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति + भाज्/भाक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः मुक्तिं भजते इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Sarasvati

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It distinguishes two grades of fruit from tīrtha-snānā: bathing at Soma-tīrtha grants svarga (heavenly attainment), while bathing at Sapta-Sārasvata is praised as leading to mokṣa (liberation), presenting pilgrimage as a dharmic means toward higher ends.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Though it speaks in tīrtha language, the implied bhakti framework is reverent approach to sacred places connected with divine powers (Soma and Sarasvatī); such श्रद्धा (faith) expressed through ritual bathing is treated as spiritually transformative, culminating—at the highest tīrtha—in liberation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights Kalpa-style ritual practice: tīrtha-yātrā and snāna as prescribed acts with specific phala (results). The verse functions like a concise ritual-phala statement used in pilgrimage manuals within Purāṇic dharma.