Shloka 313

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

सप्तसारस्वतं चैव तीर्थ पुण्यं तथा स्मृतम्‌ । इस प्रकार सात सरस्वती नदियोंका नामोल्लेखपूर्वक वर्णन किया गया है। इन्हींसे सप्तसारस्वत नामक परम पुण्यमय तीर्थका प्रादुर्भाव बताया गया है

Transliteration

saptasārasvataṃ caiva tīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ tathā smṛtam |

Translation

‘ସପ୍ତସାରସ୍ୱତ’ ନାମକ ତୀର୍ଥ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରମ ପୁଣ୍ୟଦାୟକ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ। ସାତଟି ସରସ୍ୱତୀ-ଧାରାର ନାମୋଚ୍ଚାରଣରେ ଯାହାର ମହିମା ସଂଗୃହୀତ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• सप्तसारस्वतम्: the (tirtha) called Saptasārasvata
• सप्तसारस्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तसारस्वत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place; sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/said to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (participial)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Saptasārasvata tīrtha
• Sarasvatī (as the river tradition implied by ‘sārasvata’)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the traditional authority of tīrthas: places connected with sacred rivers are ‘remembered’ as puṇya, and engaging them with reverence supports purification and dharmic orientation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana concludes a section that has just enumerated the seven Sarasvatī streams, stating that from this tradition arises (and is recognized) the supremely holy pilgrimage-site called Saptasārasvata.