Shloka 2

Narmadā-tīrtha-māhātmya — Bhṛgu-tīrtha to Sāgara-saṅgama

Pilgrimage Circuit, Gifts, Fasting, and Imperishable Merit

Devanagari script

दर्शनात् तस्य देवस्य सद्यः पापात् प्रमुच्यते / एतत् क्षेत्रं सुविपुलं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

darśanāt tasya devasya sadyaḥ pāpāt pramucyate / etat kṣetraṃ suvipulaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

ആ ദേവന്റെ ദർശനം മാത്രത്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ ഉടൻ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു. ഈ ക്ഷേത്രം അതിവിശാലവും സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയും ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• darśanāt: from (the) sight/seeing
• darśanāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pramucyate: is released/freed
• pramucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally

• kṣetram: sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• suvipulam: very extensive
• suvipulam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su+vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying kṣetram

• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroying all sins
• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: sarvapāpānāṃ praṇāśanam = destroyer of all sins; adjective qualifying kṣetram

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/ Sūta-style narration) describing kṣetra-māhātmya; the verse functions as a doctrinal statement on tīrtha-darśana

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Kshetra

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FAQs

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

It implies that contact with the Divine through darśana has immediate purificatory power, pointing to the Atman’s innate purity once obscurations (pāpa/kleśa) are removed.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse foregrounds darśana as a purifying sādhana; within Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-ethic, such outward pilgrimage supports inner śuddhi that complements disciplines like japa, dhyāna, and vrata.

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

Though not naming either explicitly, it reflects the Purana’s synthesis: the Deva worshiped in a kṣetra grants purification—an effect attributed across Shaiva and Vaishnava frames as the same Supreme bestowing grace.