Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यत्रेष्टवा भगवान्‌ स्थाणु: पूजयित्वा सरस्वतीम्‌ | स्थापयामास तत्‌ तीर्थ स्थाणुतीर्थमिति प्रभो,प्रभो! जहाँ भगवान्‌ स्थाणु (शिव)-ने सरस्वतीका पूजन और यज्ञ करके तीर्थकी स्थापना की थी, वहाँ वह तीर्थ स्थाणुतीर्थके नामसे विख्यात हुआ

Transliteration

yatreṣṭvā bhagavān sthāṇuḥ pūjayitvā sarasvatīm | sthāpayāmāsa tat tīrthaṃ sthāṇutīrtham iti prabho ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະອົງ, ບ່ອນທີ່ພຣະສະຖານຸ (ພຣະສິວະ) ໄດ້ປະກອບຍັດ ແລະບູຊາແມ່ນ້ຳສະຣັສວະຕີ—ທີ່ນັ້ນພຣະອົງໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງທ່າຂ້າມອັນສັກສິດ. ດ້ວຍກິດນັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງໂດງດັງວ່າ ‘ສະຖານຸຕີຣຖະ’».

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

इष्ट्वाhaving sacrificed / having performed a sacrifice

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

स्थाणुःSthāṇu (Śiva)

पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped

सरस्वतीम्Sarasvatī

स्थापयामासestablished / set up

तत्that

तीर्थम्sacred ford/pilgrimage place

स्थाणुतीर्थम्Sthāṇu-tīrtha (the sacred place of Sthāṇu)

इतिthus / as

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sthāṇu (Śiva)

Sarasvatī

Sthāṇutīrtha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links sacred place-making to dharmic action: worship (pūjā) and sacrifice (yajña) performed with reverence can consecrate a location into a tīrtha, a ‘crossing-place’ that supports purification and right conduct for later generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana identifies a specific pilgrimage site: where Śiva (Sthāṇu) worshipped Sarasvatī and performed a sacrifice, he established a tīrtha that became famous by the name Sthāṇutīrtha.