Shloka 184

Devanagari script

आदित्यस्याश्रमो यत्र तेजोराशेमहात्मन: । तम्मिंस्तीर्थे नर: स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा विभावसुम्‌

Transliteration

ādityasyāśramo yatra tejorāśe mahātmanaḥ | tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā vibhāvasum ||

Translation

മഹാത്മാവായ ആദിത്യന്റെ ആശ്രമം ഉള്ളിടം—അവൻ തേജസ്സിന്റെ കൂമ്പാരമാണ്. ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മനുഷ്യൻ വിഭാവസുവിനെ (അഗ്നിദേവനെ) പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

आदित्यस्यof Aditya (the Sun)

आश्रमःhermitage

यत्रwhere

तेजोराशेःof the mass/heap of radiance

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

तस्मिन्in that

तीर्थेat the sacred ford/pilgrimage place

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped

विभावसुम्Vibhāvasu (the Sun/Fire; here: the Sun)

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Āditya (Sun deity)

Āditya’s āśrama (hermitage)

Tīrtha (sacred bathing place)

Vibhāvasu (the radiant one; epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links inner and outer purification: one should bathe at a tīrtha (ritual cleansing and moral renewal) and then offer worship to the divine principle of light/radiance, suggesting that sanctity is fulfilled by both disciplined action and reverent devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points out a specific sacred location—Āditya’s hermitage and its associated tīrtha—and prescribes the customary pilgrimage act: bathe there and worship the radiant deity (Vibhāvasu), marking the site as spiritually efficacious within the tīrtha-travel context of the Vana Parva.