Shloka 15

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

लपेटिकां ततो गच्छेत्‌ पुण्यां पुण्योपशोभिताम्‌

Transliteration

lapeṭikāṁ tato gacchet puṇyāṁ puṇyopaśobhitām

Translation

Pulastya berkata: “Dari sana, hendaklah seseorang pergi ke Lapeṭikā, sebuah tempat suci—yang semakin indah oleh kesuciannya sendiri.”

Word by Word

• लपेटिकाम्: Lapetika (a place/name)
• लपेटिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लपेटिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुण्याम्: holy/meritorious
• पुण्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: adorned/beautified by merit (holy deeds)
• पुण्योपशोभिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य-उपशोभित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Lapeṭikā