Shloka 10

Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Discipline of Pilgrimage (Tīrtha-sevā) within Prāyaścitta

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्यस्य तु शुभं रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः / तत्र स्नात्वा तीर्थ वरे गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

jāmadagnyasya tu śubhaṃ rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ / tatra snātvā tīrtha vare gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ໃນຕີຣະຖະອັນເປັນມົງຄຸນຂອງ ຣາມະ ຈາມະດັກນະ—ຣາມະຜູ້ກະທຳກິດບໍ່ເມື່ອຍລ້າ—ຜູ້ໃດອາບນ້ຳໃນຕີຣະຖະອັນປະເສີດນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ບຸນເທົ່າກັບການຖວາຍງົວໜຶ່ງພັນຕົວ.

Word by Word

• jāmadagnyasya: of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Gen.), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• śubham: auspicious (benefit)
• śubham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘auspicious (thing/place/merit)’

• rāmasya: of Rāma
• rāmasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ: of the one whose deeds are untroubled/unstained
• akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akliṣṭa + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयप्रायः (‘अक्लिष्टं कर्म यस्य’/‘अक्लिष्टकर्मा’); here genitive agreeing with rāmasya

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (√स्ना, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having bathed’

• tīrtha: in the tīrtha
• tīrtha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Loc.), एकवचन; (in sense with vare: ‘in the excellent tīrtha’)

• vare: excellent
• vare: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Loc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tīrtha)

• go-sahasra-phalam: the reward equal to (gifting) a thousand cows
• go-sahasra-phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go + sahasra + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Acc.), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘गोसहस्रस्य फलम्’ = fruit equal to a thousand cows)

• labhet: should obtain
• labhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (√लभ्, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada): ‘should obtain’

Speaker

Sūta (narrating to the sages) — within a Tīrtha-māhātmya passage describing pilgrimage merits

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Tīrtha

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FAQs

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

This verse is primarily a tīrtha-māhātmya statement: it emphasizes the purifying power of sacred action (snāna) and its karmic fruit (puṇya), rather than offering a direct Atman metaphysics teaching.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No formal yoga technique is taught here; the practice is tīrtha-snāna performed with śraddhā. In the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such purificatory rites are supportive disciplines that prepare one for higher yoga and devotion taught elsewhere (including the Ishvara Gita sections).

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

The verse does not explicitly mention Śiva-Viṣṇu unity; it reflects the Purana’s integrative dharma framework where pilgrimage and merit function as shared, pan-sectarian means of purification within a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.