Shloka 88

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

इयं गज्नेति नियतं प्रतिष्ठा गुहस्य रुक्मस्य च गर्भयोषा । प्रातस्त्रिवर्गा घृतवहा विपाष्मा गड़ावतीर्णा वियतो विश्वतोया

Transliteration

iyaṃ gaṅgeti niyataṃ pratiṣṭhā guhasya rukmasya ca garbhayoṣā | prātas trivargā ghṛtavahā vipāśmā gaṅgāvatīrṇā viyato viśvatoyā ||

Translation

‘ଏହିଁ ଗଙ୍ଗା’ ବୋଲି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କରି କହି ଯେ ଅନ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ କରାଏ, ତାହା ପାଇଁ ଭଗବତୀ ଭାଗୀରଥୀ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ଓ ଅକ୍ଷୟ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା। ସେ ଗୁହ (କାର୍ତ୍ତିକେୟ) ଓ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣକୁ ଗର୍ଭରେ ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା, ଘୃତଧାରା ପରି ପୋଷକ ପବିତ୍ର ଜଳପ୍ରବାହ ବହାଉଥିବା, ପାପହାରିଣୀ। ସେ ଆକାଶରୁ ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ଅବତରିତ; ତାଙ୍କ ଜଳ ସମଗ୍ର ଜଗତ ପାଇଁ ପାନଯୋଗ୍ୟ। ପ୍ରାତଃକାଳେ ତାଙ୍କରେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲେ ଧର୍ମ-ଅର୍ଥ-କାମ—ତ୍ରିବର୍ଗ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गङ्गा: Ganga
• गङ्गा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नियताम्: certain, assured
• नियताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: firm standing; secure status
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गुहस्य: of Guha (Kartikeya)
• गुहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रुक्मस्य: of gold
• रुक्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• गर्भयोषा: she who bears in the womb (womb-bearing lady)
• गर्भयोषा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भयोषा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः

• त्रिवर्गा: having the three aims (dharma-artha-kama)
• त्रिवर्गा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिवर्ग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• घृतवहा: ghee-bearing; flowing with clarified butter
• घृतवहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतवह
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विपाप्मा: sin-removing; free from sin
• विपाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपाप्मन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गङ्गावतारिणी: the one who descended as Ganga
• गङ्गावतारिणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गावतारिणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वियतः: from the sky
• वियतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियत्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विश्वतोया: whose water is for all the world
• विश्वतोया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वतोय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Bhāgīrathī
• Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Rukma (gold)
• Viyat (the sky/heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recognizing the Gaṅgā as sacred and guiding others to her darśana is itself meritorious; her dawn-bath is praised as purifying and as supporting the three legitimate aims of worldly life—dharma, artha, and kāma—thus linking devotion and ethical living with ritual purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha extols the greatness of the Gaṅgā (Bhāgīrathī), describing her heavenly descent, her sin-destroying waters, and the spiritual and worldly benefits gained by showing her to others and bathing in her at dawn.