Shloka 160

Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites

Devanagari script

कार्पासाद्रे नमस्तस्मादघौघ ध्वंसनो भव । इति कार्पासशैलेंद्रं यो दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ

Transliteration

kārpāsādre namastasmādaghaugha dhvaṃsano bhava | iti kārpāsaśaileṃdraṃ yo dadyāccharvasaṃnidhau

Translation

အို ကာရ္ပာသ တောင်တန်းမြတ်၊ သင့်အား နမස්ကာရ; ထို့ကြောင့် အပြစ်အစုအဝေးကို ဖျက်ဆီးသူ ဖြစ်ပါစေ။ ဤသို့ ရှရဝ (ရှီဝ) ၏ ရှေ့မှောက်၌ ကာရ္ပာသ-တောင်မင်းနှင့် ဆက်နွယ်သော ဒါနကို ပူဇော်သူသည် အပြစ်ဖျက်ပုဏ္ဏာကို ရရှိ၏။

Word by Word

• कार्पासाद्रे: O cotton-mountain
• कार्पासाद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पास-अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक; कार्पास + अद्रि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमः (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय; used with dative/genitive

• तस्मात्: to/from that (one)
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (often ‘to him’ sense in नमः-योगे by extension)

• अघौघ: O mass of sins
• अघौघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ-ओघ (प्रातिपदिक; अघ + ओघ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• ध्वंसनः: destroyer
• ध्वंसनः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वंसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; predicate-noun

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; be!

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/उक्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय; quotative particle

• कार्पासशैलेंद्रम्: the lord of the cotton-mountain
• कार्पासशैलेंद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पास-शैल-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; कार्पास + शैल + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• दद्याच्: should give
• दद्याच्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; should give

• शर्वसंनिधौ: in the presence of Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वसंनिधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व-संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक; शर्व + संनिधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

Speaker

Uncertain (not identifiable from the single verse excerpt; likely a narrator/teacher continuing a tīrtha-māhātmya style passage).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कार्पासाद्रे = कार्पास + अद्रे (संबोधन-एकवचन); नमः + तस्मात् → नमस्तस्मात्; तस्मात् + अघौघ → तस्मादघौघ; दद्याच् + शर्वसंनिधौ → दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ; शैलेंद्रम् = शैल + इन्द्रम्

Characters & Entities

• Śarva (Śiva)
• Kārpāsa mountain

FAQs

What does this verse say about the power of sacred places (tīrthas)?

It presents Mount Kārpāsa as capable of destroying accumulated sin (aghaugha-dhvaṃsana), a typical tīrtha-māhātmya theme where sacred geography is linked to moral purification.

Why is Śarva (Śiva) mentioned here?

The verse ties the act of giving (dāna) to Śiva’s presence (śarva-saṃnidhau), implying that offerings made in a Śaiva sacred context amplify merit and support purification.

What ethical or devotional lesson is emphasized?

It promotes dāna (religious giving) and reverence (namas) as practical devotional acts associated with inner cleansing and the removal of wrongdoing.