Shloka 31
Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage
Devanagari script
इति सप्तसरस्वत्यो नामतः परिकीर्तिता:
Transliteration
iti saptasarasvatyo nāmataḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Translation
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଏହିପରି ନାମକ୍ରମେ ସପ୍ତ ସରସ୍ୱତୀଙ୍କୁ ପରିକୀର୍ତ୍ତନ କରାଗଲା।
Word by Word
इतिthus; so (end-quote particle)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सप्तसरस्वत्यःthe seven Sarasvatīs (rivers)
सप्तसरस्वत्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तसरस्वती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
नामतःby name; in name
नामतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामतः
परिकीर्तिताःhave been recounted/mentioned
परिकीर्तिताः:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-कीर्तित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural, Passive, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaS
Saptasarasvatī (the seven Sarasvatī rivers)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s reverence for sacred geography: naming holy rivers is itself a form of remembrance and transmission of dharmic tradition, linking narrative history with places of pilgrimage and ritual purity.
The speaker concludes a preceding list by stating that the seven Sarasvatī rivers have now been enumerated by name, marking a transition point after a catalog of sacred river-identities.