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Shloka 27

The Vision of Mohinī (मोहिनी-दर्शनम्)

सोऽचिरेणैव कालेन संप्राप्तो मंदराचलम् । भ्रामयित्वा गिरिं श्वेतं गंधमादनमेव च ॥ २७ ॥

so'cireṇaiva kālena saṃprāpto maṃdarācalam | bhrāmayitvā giriṃ śvetaṃ gaṃdhamādanameva ca || 27 ||

അൽപസമയത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ അവൻ മന്ദരാചലത്തിൽ എത്തി; ശ്വേതഗിരിയും ഗന്ധമാദനവും കൂടി പര്യടനം ചെയ്ത്।

सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
अचिरेणin a short while
अचिरेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कालवाचक-करण (‘in a short time’)
एवindeed/just
एव:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
कालेनwith time/within time
कालेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन
संप्राप्तःreached
संप्राप्तः:
Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेष)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having arrived/reached’
मन्दर-अचलम्Mandara mountain
मन्दर-अचलम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (proper name: ‘Mandara mountain’)
भ्रामयित्वाhaving roamed around
भ्रामयित्वा:
पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive) causative; ‘having caused to wander/roamed around’
गिरिम्the mountain
गिरिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
श्वेतम्white (named Śveta)
श्वेतम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
गन्ध-मादनम्Gandhamādana (mountain)
गन्ध-मादनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मादन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (proper name: Gandhamādana mountain)
एवalso/indeed
एव:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
and
:
सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Narada (narrating to the Sanatkumara brothers, Uttara-Bhaga tirtha-mahatmya context)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

M
Mandara (Mandaracala)
S
Sveta Mountain (Giri Sveta)
G
Gandhamadana

FAQs

It frames sacred geography as a living spiritual practice: swiftly reaching and touring renowned holy mountains signals the merit and purifying power associated with tirtha-yatra in the Uttara-Bhaga.

Though not a direct bhakti instruction, the pilgrimage movement implied here supports bhakti by placing the devotee in sanctified spaces traditionally connected with divine presence, remembrance, and worship.

No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it primarily functions as itinerary-style narration within a tirtha-mahatmya context.