Shloka 63

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

पुण्यै: पुष्पै: सदा दिव्यै: कीर्यमाणा: पुन: पुनः । वहाँ देवता और पितर लता-वेलोंके साथ आमोदित होते हैं

Transliteration

puṇyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sadā divyaiḥ kīryamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ | tatra devatāḥ pitaro latā-velābhiḥ sārdham āmodante, teṣām upari sadā pavitra-divya-puṣpa-vṛṣṭir bāhubhyo bhavati | karūṣaka-varaiś caiva bilvair āmrātakaiḥ tathā | atimuktaka-ṣaṇḍaiś ca pārijātaiś ca śobhitam ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ସେଠାରେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ପବିତ୍ର ଓ ଦିବ୍ୟ ପୁଷ୍ପବୃଷ୍ଟି ସଦା ହୋଇଥାଏ। ସେହି ପୁଣ୍ୟସ୍ଥାନରେ ଲତା-ବେଳାମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଦେବତା ଓ ପିତୃଗଣ ଆନନ୍ଦିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ଉତ୍ତମ କରୂଷକ, ବିଲ୍ୱ, ଆମ୍ରାତକ, ଅତିମୁକ୍ତକ-କୁଞ୍ଜ ଓ ପାରିଜାତ ବୃକ୍ଷରେ ତୀର୍ଥଟି ଶୋଭିତ ହୋଇ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ମନୋହର।

Word by Word

• पुण्यैः: with holy/meritorious
• पुण्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कीर्यमाणाः: being scattered/showered
• कीर्यमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• करूषकवरैः: with karūṣaka trees (a kind of tree)
• करूषकवरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: करूषकवर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• बिल्वैः: with bilva trees
• बिल्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आम्रातकैः: with ām्रātaka trees (a kind of mango/fruit tree)
• आम्रातकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्रातक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अतिमुक्तकषण्डैः: with clusters/thickets of atimuktaka (a fragrant creeper)
• अतिमुक्तकषण्डैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिमुक्तकषण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• पारिजातैः: with pārijāta trees
• पारिजातैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिजात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• शोभितम्: adorned/beautified
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (शोभते)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• devatāḥ (deities)
• pitaraḥ (ancestors)
• latā (creepers)
• velā (vines)
• bilva tree
• āmrātaka tree
• atimuktaka grove
• pārijāta tree
• karūṣaka (tree/plant name)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames a tīrtha as a moral-ritual ecosystem: purity (puṇya) and reverence for gods and ancestors are mirrored by the landscape itself, where divine flowers repeatedly fall. The ethical emphasis is that sacred conduct and remembrance of higher beings (devatāḥ, pitaraḥ) are supported and ‘answered’ by a sanctified environment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a holy place adorned with specific sacred and fragrant trees and creepers. Gods and ancestors delight there, and a continual shower of divine flowers marks the site’s extraordinary sanctity, setting the scene for the broader tīrtha-travel narrative in this section.