Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 125

The Tale of the Five Pretas and the Glory of Puṣkara & the Eastern Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

योऽत्र पूजाजपोहोमः कृतो भवति देहिनाम् । अनन्तं तत्फलं सर्वं ब्रह्मभक्तिरतात्मनाम्

Transliteration

yo'tra pūjājapohomaḥ kṛto bhavati dehinām | anantaṃ tatphalaṃ sarvaṃ brahmabhaktiratātmanām

Translation

ဤနေရာ၌ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာရှိသော သတ္တဝါတို့က ပြုလုပ်သော ပူဇာ၊ ဇပ (မန္တရရွတ်ဖတ်ခြင်း) သို့မဟုတ် ဟိုးမ (မီးပူဇာ) မည်သည့်အရာမဆို၊ ဗြဟ္မာဘုရားအား ဘက္တိ၌ စိတ်နှလုံးစွဲမြဲသူတို့အတွက် အကျိုးफलအားလုံးသည် အနန္တဖြစ်လာ၏။

Word by Word

• यः: which/that (who/what)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पूजा-जप-होमः: worship, recitation, and oblation
• पूजा-जप-होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + जप (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (पूजा च जपश्च होमश्च)

• कृतः: done, performed
• कृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पूजा-जप-होमः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अनन्तम्: endless
• अनन्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तत्-फलम्: its fruit/result
• तत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलम्)

• सर्वम्: all, entirely
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ब्रह्म-भक्ति-रत-आत्मनाम्: of those whose minds are devoted to devotion to Brahman
• ब्रह्म-भक्ति-रत-आत्मनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (कृदन्त; √रम् धातु) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणि भक्तौ रताः आत्मानः येषाम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: योऽत्र = यः + अत्र (विसर्गसन्धिः); पूजाजपोहोमः = पूजा-जप-होमः; तत्फलं = तत् + फलम् (व्यञ्जनसन्धिः)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What practice does this verse praise—ritual or devotion?

It praises ritual acts (pūjā, japa, homa) but grounds their highest, limitless result in a devotional inner orientation—being absorbed in devotion to Brahmā.

Who receives the “infinite” fruit described here?

Those whose minds are devoted (rata-ātmanām) to brahma-bhakti—devotion toward Brahmā—are said to receive an “ananta” (infinite) result from acts done here.

What is the ethical or spiritual takeaway of this shloka?

Outer religious actions gain their fullest power when paired with sincere devotion; inner commitment is presented as the multiplier of spiritual merit.