Shloka 118

Devanagari script

इदं देवर्षिचरितं सर्वतीर्थाभिसंवृतम्‌ । यः पठेत्‌ कल्यमुत्थाय सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

idaṃ devarṣicaritaṃ sarvatīrthābhisaṃvṛtam | yaḥ paṭhet kalyam utthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇത് ദേവർഷിയുടെ ചരിതം; ഇത് സർവതീർത്ഥങ്ങളുടെ പുണ്യത്താൽ സമാവൃതമാണ്. പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് ഇതു പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ സർവപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനാകും.

Word by Word

इदम्this

देवर्षि-चरितम्the conduct/story of the divine sages

सर्व-तीर्थ-अभिसंवृतम्encompassed/filled with all sacred fords (tirthas)

यःwho (he who)

पठेत्should read/recite

कल्यम्in the morning

उत्थायhaving risen (after getting up)

सर्व-पापैःfrom all sins

प्रमुच्यतेis released/freed

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Devarṣi (divine seer)

Sarvatīrtha (all pilgrimage places, collectively)

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 presents a phalaśruti: reverent recitation of a sacred seer’s narrative—especially at dawn—is itself a dharmic practice that confers purification, equated here with the accumulated merit of visiting all tīrthas, and leads to release from sin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada concludes or endorses the preceding sacred account by declaring its sanctifying power, praising it as containing the merit of all pilgrimage sites and prescribing dawn-recitation as a means to moral and spiritual cleansing.