Shloka 9

Viṣṇu as the Embodied Purāṇas and the Merit of Hearing the Svarga-khaṇḍa

Devanagari script

यस्यैकाध्यायमध्याप्य सर्वैः पापैः प्रमुच्यते । तत्रादिमं स्वर्गमिदं सर्वपाद्मफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

yasyaikādhyāyamadhyāpya sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate | tatrādimaṃ svargamidaṃ sarvapādmaphalapradam

Translation

Sesiapa yang menyebabkan walau satu bab sahaja daripada (Purāṇa) ini diajarkan atau dilagukan bacaannya, dia terlepas daripada segala dosa. Maka inilah ‘syurga yang mula’ yang utama, mengurniakan seluruh buah pahala yang diajarkan dalam Padma (Purāṇa).

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose/of which
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन = 'of which/whose'

• एक-अध्यायम्: one chapter
• एक-अध्यायम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; of अध्याप्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: एकः अध्यायः (कर्मधारय) = 'one chapter'

• अध्याप्य: having studied/recited
• अध्याप्य: Kriyā (क्रिया/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + आप्/आप्? (धातु) / causative of अधि-इ (to study/teach) → अध्याप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) = 'having studied/recited' (contextually: having studied)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण to पापैः

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Apādāna (अपादान/Source; 'from sins')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (instrumental used with passive 'freed from')

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive) = 'is released/freed'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) = 'there/in that (section)'

• आदिमम्: the first/prime
• आदिमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) → आदिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण to स्वर्गम्

• स्वर्गम्: heaven (Svarga)
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; implied 'describes/teaches')
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Deictic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; deictic 'this' (agreeing with implied neuter 'section/fruit')

• सर्व-पाद्म-फल-प्रदम्: granting all fruits of the Pādma (Purāṇa)
• सर्व-पाद्म-फल-प्रदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier; of इदम्/स्वर्गम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: (पाद्मस्य फलम्) तस्य प्रदम्; सर्वेषां पाद्मफलानां प्रदम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष, बहुपद) = 'bestowing all Pādma fruits'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa; exact dialogue pair not provided in the input)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: यस्यैकाध्यायम् = यस्य + एक-अध्यायम्; तत्रादिमम् = तत्र + आदिमम्; स्वर्गमिदम् = स्वर्गम् + इदम्.

FAQs

What practice is praised in this verse?

It praises arranging for (or undertaking) the teaching/recitation of even a single chapter (adhyāya) of the Padma Purāṇa, presenting it as highly meritorious.

How does the verse describe the spiritual result of hearing/teaching one chapter?

It states that one becomes freed from all sins (sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate), framing Purāṇic study as a powerful means of purification.

Why does the verse call this text ‘the foremost heaven’?

It metaphorically calls the Padma Purāṇa (or its recitation) a ‘foremost heaven’ because it grants all the fruits (phala) attributed to the Padma Purāṇa’s teachings—i.e., comprehensive religious merit.