Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पुण्यं त्रिलोकविख्यातं सर्वपापहरं शिवम्‌ | हिमवानू्‌ पर्वतश्चैव दिव्यौषधिसमन्वित:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | puṇyaṃ trilokavikhyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śivam | himavān parvataś caiva divyauṣadhisamanvitaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ତ୍ରିଲୋକରେ ବିଖ୍ୟାତ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ, ସର୍ବପାପହର ଓ କଲ୍ୟାଣସ୍ୱରୂପ ‘ଶିବ’ଙ୍କ ସ୍ମରଣ ହେଉ; ଏବଂ ଦିବ୍ୟ ଔଷଧିରେ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ ହିମବାନ ପର୍ବତଙ୍କର ମଧ୍ୟ। ଏହି ସ୍ମରଣ ଓ ବନ୍ଦନ ଧର୍ମାଶ୍ରିତ ମଙ୍ଗଳ—ଯାହା ଶୁଦ୍ଧି ଦିଏ, ରକ୍ଷା କରେ, ପାପ-ତାପ ନାଶ କରେ।

Word by Word

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिलोक-विख्यातम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रिलोक-विख्यातम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिलोकविख्यात
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-पाप-हरम्: removing all sins
• सर्व-पाप-हरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपापहर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शिवम्: auspiciousness; the auspicious (sacred place/thing)
• शिवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हिमवान्: Himavān (the Himalaya mountain)
• हिमवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दिव्य-औषधि-समन्वितः: endowed with divine herbs
• दिव्य-औषधि-समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यौषधिसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Śiva (as ‘śivam’, the auspicious/divine)
• Triloka (three worlds)
• Himavān (Himalaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and invoking what is universally ‘auspicious’ (śiva) and morally purifying (sarva-pāpa-hara) is presented as a means of cleansing wrongdoing and securing protection; sacred realities—both divine (Śiva/auspiciousness) and terrestrial (the Himalaya)—are treated as supports for dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is in the midst of an enumerative, protective discourse (rakṣā/śānti-like invocation) in which holy powers and sacred places are praised and called upon; this verse highlights the sin-destroying auspicious principle and the sanctity of the Himalaya as part of that larger recitation.