Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 73

Diti’s Puṁsavana Vow, Indra’s Intervention, and the Birth of the Maruts

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्परमाश्चर्यं वीक्ष्य व्यवसितं मया । महापुरुषपूजाया: सिद्धि: काप्यानुषङ्गिणी ॥ ७३ ॥

Transliteration

tatas tat paramāścaryaṁ vīkṣya vyavasitaṁ mayā mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ siddhiḥ kāpy ānuṣaṅgiṇī

Translation

ହେ ମାତା, ଯେତେବେଳେ ମୁଁ ଦେଖିଲି ଯେ ସମସ୍ତ ଅଣଚାଶ ପୁତ୍ର ଜୀବିତ ଅଛନ୍ତି, ମୁଁ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ଭାବରେ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ ହୋଇଗଲି | ମୁଁ ସ୍ଥିର କଲି ଯେ ଏହା ଭଗବାନ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ପୂଜାରେ ତୁମର ନିୟମିତ ଭକ୍ତି ସେବାର ଏକ ଗୌଣ ଫଳାଫଳ ଅଟେ |

Synonyms

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘thereupon/then’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parama-āścaryam: the greatest wonder
• parama-āścaryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘supreme wonder’

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु) with vi-; gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त; ल्यप् ‘having seen’

• vyavasitam: a resolve/decision
• vyavasitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavasita (कृदन्त; √sā/सा; PPP)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त (PPP) used substantively ‘resolve’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ: of worship of the Supreme Person
• mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘of the worship of the Mahāpuruṣa’

• siddhiḥ: success/perfection
• siddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kā: what?/which?
• kā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: particle ‘even/also’

• ānuṣaṅgiṇī: incidental/attendant (as a by-product)
• ānuṣaṅgiṇī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānuṣaṅginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Purport

For one who engages in worshiping Lord Viṣṇu, nothing is very wonderful. This is a fact. In Bhagavad-gītā (18.78) it is said:

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Kashyapa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about worshiping great devotees (mahāpuruṣa-pūjā)?

This verse states that serving or worshiping a truly great person naturally brings some spiritual success or perfection; it never becomes fruitless.

Why did Diti say this to Kashyapa in Canto 6 Chapter 18?

After witnessing an extraordinary result in her situation, Diti concludes and expresses to Kashyapa that honoring a great soul inevitably yields auspicious spiritual outcomes.

How can I apply the teaching of mahāpuruṣa-pūjā in modern life?

Seek saintly association, serve devotees with humility, and support genuine spiritual teachers and communities—trusting that sincere service bears inner purification and steady devotion.