Shloka 62

Description of the Pilgrimage to the Sacred Tīrthas

Kurukṣetra-yātrā-krama

Devanagari script

तत्र ब्रह्मर्षिकुंडेषु स्नातः सोमफलं लभेत् । वृद्धकेदारके तीर्थे स्थाणुं दंडिसमन्वितम् ॥ ६२ ॥

Transliteration

tatra brahmarṣikuṃḍeṣu snātaḥ somaphalaṃ labhet | vṛddhakedārake tīrthe sthāṇuṃ daṃḍisamanvitam || 62 ||

Translation

तेथे ब्रह्मर्षिकुंडांत स्नान केल्यास सोमयागासमान फळ मिळते। आणि वृद्धकेदारक तीर्थी दंडधारी तपस्वींनी युक्त स्थाणु (शिव) यांचे दर्शन-पूजन घडते।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ब्रह्मर्षिकुण्डेषु: in the sages’-pools (brahmarṣi-kuṇḍas)
• ब्रह्मर्षिकुण्डेषु: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मर्षीणां कुण्डानि)

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: कर्ता (Agent/subject, implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'having bathed'

• सोमफलम्: the fruit (reward) of Soma
• सोमफलम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वृद्धकेदारके: at Vṛddhakedāraka
• वृद्धकेदारके: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध + केदारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वृद्धः केदारकः) स्थान-नाम

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्थाणुम्: Śthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दण्डिसमन्वितम्: accompanied by daṇḍins
• दण्डिसमन्वितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of sthāṇum)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डिन् + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दण्डिभिः समन्वितः) — 'accompanied by staff-bearers/ascetics'

Speaker

Narada (tirtha-mahatmya narration, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Brahmarshi-kundas
• Soma
• Vrddha-Kedaraka
• Sthanu (Shiva)
• Dandins

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It teaches that tīrtha-snānā (holy bathing) and darśana/worship at specific sacred sites can confer great ritual merit—here equated with the Soma-sacrifice—highlighting the Purāṇic path of accessible sanctity through pilgrimage.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Bhakti is expressed through embodied devotion: bathing in sanctified waters and seeking darśana of the deity (Sthāṇu/Śiva) at Vṛddha-Kedāraka, indicating that sincere reverence at tīrthas is a recognized devotional practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through the idea of “phala” (ritual result) and the equivalence of tīrtha-snānā merit to a Soma-yajña, a common Purāṇic framing of ritual efficacy.