Shloka 65

Prayaga-mahatmya

Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni

Devanagari script

आकल्पजन्मभिः पापं संचितं मनुजैस्तु यत् । तद्भवेद्भस्मसान्माघे स्नातानां तु सितासिते ॥ ६५ ॥

Transliteration

ākalpajanmabhiḥ pāpaṃ saṃcitaṃ manujaistu yat | tadbhavedbhasmasānmāghe snātānāṃ tu sitāsite || 65 ||

Translation

ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନେ କଳ୍ପପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅନେକ ଜନ୍ମରେ ଯେ ପାପ ସଞ୍ଚୟ କରିଛନ୍ତି, ମାଘରେ ଶୁକ୍ଳ କିମ୍ବା କୃଷ୍ଣ ପକ୍ଷରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରୁଥିବାମାନଙ୍କର ସେହି ପାପ ଭସ୍ମ ପରି ନଶିଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• आकल्प-जन्मभिः: through births (over a kalpa-long span)
• आकल्प-जन्मभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकल्प + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अव्ययीभावः: आकल्पम् (यावत्कल्पम्) जन्म (births) → 'through births up to a kalpa' (instrumental plural)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: प्रथमा as subject of भवेत्)

• संचितम्: accumulated
• संचितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचित (कृदन्त; सम् + चि-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् पापम्-शब्दस्य

• मनुजैः: by humans
• मनुजैः: Kartṛ-karaṇa/Agent-instrument (कर्तृकरणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun) — 'which'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम (correlative: 'that')

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भस्मसात्: into ashes
• भस्मसात्: Gati/Result (गति/परिणाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भस्मसात् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; परिणामार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'to ashes/into ashes')

• माघे: in Māgha
• माघे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; स्ना-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• सित-असिते: in the bright and dark fortnights
• सित-असिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित + असित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः: शुक्लकृष्णपक्षयोः

Speaker

Narada (teaching in the Māhātmya context of Uttara-bhāga)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Māgha-snāna (Māgha-vrata context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It declares the exceptional purifying power of Māgha-snāna: even long-accumulated pāpa is said to be destroyed like ashes when one performs the prescribed sacred bath.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By emphasizing disciplined sacred practice in a holy month, it supports bhakti through embodied devotion—regular tīrtha-bathing done with faith and reverence as an offering to the divine order.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It implicitly uses ritual time-keeping (Jyotiṣa/kalā): bathing at the sandhyās (dawn and dusk) in Māgha is a time-specific observance central to vrata and tīrtha-ritual procedure.