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Shloka 28

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

पुरा यत्र तपस्तप्तं विपुलं सुमहात्मना । यक्षराज्ञा कुबेरेण वरा लब्धाश्न पुष्कला:,तत्पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने वहाँके एक उत्तम वनमें कुबेरके उस स्थानका दर्शन किया, जहाँ पूर्वकालमें महात्मा यक्षराज कुबेरने बड़ी भारी तपस्या की और बहुत-से वर प्राप्त किये

purā yatra tapas taptaṁ vipulaṁ sumahātmanā | yakṣarājñā kuberaṇa varā labdhāś ca puṣkalāḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Sesudah itu mereka menyaksikan, di dalam rimba yang mulia itu, tempat suci milik Kubera, penguasa para Yakṣa—di mana pada zaman purba insan berjiwa agung itu telah menjalani tapa yang melimpah dan memperoleh banyak anugerah yang gemilang.”

पुराformerly, in olden times
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तप्तम्performed (lit. heated/practised)
तप्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
Formkta (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular
विपुलम्abundant, great
विपुलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविपुल
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
सुमहात्मनाby the very great-souled one
सुमहात्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुमहात्मन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
यक्षराज्ञाby the king of the Yakshas
यक्षराज्ञा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयक्षराजन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
कुबेरॆणby Kubera
कुबेरॆण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकुबेर
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
वराःboons
वराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
लब्धाःobtained
लब्धाः:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formkta (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural
पुष्कलाःmany, plentiful
पुष्कलाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्कल
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kubera
Y
Yakṣas
A
a sacred spot/forest (Kubera’s place of austerity)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethic that spiritual power and legitimate attainments (such as boons) arise from disciplined tapas—sustained, purposeful austerity—performed by a great-souled being.

The narrator describes the travelers’ sight of an excellent forest-site associated with Kubera, identifying it as the place where Kubera once practiced great austerities and gained many boons.