Shloka 12

The Greatness of Prayāga

Merits of Māgha Rites and Northern River Fords

Devanagari script

स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते नरः । जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्संगमे लोकविश्रुते

Transliteration

sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ | jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃgame lokaviśrute

Translation

ထိုသူသည် အလွန်အမင်းသော ဘောဂသုခများကို ခံစားပြီးနောက် ထိုတိရ္ထ (သန့်ရှင်းသော ဘုရားသခင့်ကမ်း) ကို ရောက်ရှိ၏။ လောကတွင် ကျော်ကြားသော စင်္ဂမ၌ ရေထဲသို့ ဝင်သူမည်သူမဆို ထိုကုသိုလ်ကို ရရှိ၏။

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done earlier)

• विपुलान्: abundant, great
• विपुलान्: विशेषण (adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of भोगान्)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: कर्म (Karma/object of भुक्त्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: कर्म (Karma/object of भजते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भजते: resorts to, partakes in, worships
• भजते: क्रिया (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जल-प्रवेशम्: entry into water; immersion
• जल-प्रवेशम्: कर्म (Karma/object of कुर्यात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जले प्रवेशः)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Karta/subject of कुर्यात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should do, should perform
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: अधिकरण (place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• लोक-विश्रुते: renowned in the world
• लोक-विश्रुते: विशेषण (locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विश्रुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (लोके विश्रुतम्) विशेषणं (agreeing with सङ्गमे/तीर्थे implied)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent; verse is part of a narrated description of tīrtha-māhātmya)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं = विपुलान् भोगान् तत् तीर्थम्; कुर्यात्संगमे = कुर्यात् सङ्गमे; लोकविश्रुते = लोक-विश्रुते

FAQs

What practice is being recommended in this verse?

The verse highlights jala-praveśa (entering/immersing in water), i.e., ritual bathing at a famed saṅgama (river confluence) as a means of gaining tīrtha-merit.

What does ‘saṅgama’ imply in Purāṇic tīrtha contexts?

Saṅgama typically means the meeting-point of two or more rivers and is treated as especially potent for snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), and other rites due to its sanctified geography.

Is the verse promising worldly enjoyment or spiritual merit?

It frames abundant enjoyments (bhoga) alongside attaining/approaching the tīrtha, a common Purāṇic pattern that links righteous acts (like sacred bathing) with both worldly well-being and religious merit.