Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 125

The Episode of Vena: Purification, the ‘Vāsudevābhidhā’ Hymn, and the Dharma of Charity

Times, Tīrthas, Worthy Recipients

Devanagari script

नास्ति श्रद्धासमं तीर्थं संसारे प्राणिनां नृप । श्रद्धाभावेन संयुक्तो मामेवं परिसंस्मरेत्

Transliteration

nāsti śraddhāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ saṃsāre prāṇināṃ nṛpa | śraddhābhāvena saṃyukto māmevaṃ parisaṃsmaret

Translation

ହେ ନୃପ! ସଂସାରରେ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧା ସମ ତୀର୍ଥ ନାହିଁ। ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଭାବ ଥାଉ କି ନଥାଉ, ଏହିପରି ମୋତେ ନିରନ୍ତର ସ୍ମରଣ କରୁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada); धातुः √अस् (to be)

• श्रद्धासमम्: equal to faith
• श्रद्धासमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier) (of तीर्थम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसक), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः (equal to faith)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha (sacred place/means of crossing)
• तीर्थम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject) (of 'अस्ति' under negation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसक), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• संसारे: in the world (saṃsāra)
• संसारे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं) (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रद्धाभावेन: by/with absence of faith
• श्रद्धाभावेन: Karana (करण/Instrument) (cause/means: 'due to')
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा-अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः (श्रद्धायाः अभावः = absence of faith)

• संयुक्तः: associated/connected
• संयुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject) (of 'परिसंस्मरेत्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); धातुः √युज् with उपसर्गः सम्-

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun/सर्वनाम), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus/in this way')

• परिसंस्मरेत्: should remember/keep in mind
• परिसंस्मरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + परि-सम् (उपसर्गौ)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada); धातुः √स्मृ (to remember), उपसर्गौ परि- + सम्-

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a king, nṛpa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: नास्ति = न + अस्ति. मामेवं = माम् एवम्.

FAQs

What does this verse say about the value of pilgrimage (tīrtha) compared to faith (śraddhā)?

It elevates inner faith above external pilgrimage, stating that no tīrtha equals śraddhā for beings living in saṃsāra.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It centers devotional practice on remembrance of the Divine (smaraṇa), implying that sincere inner orientation is spiritually decisive.

What ethical or practical lesson does the verse teach to a seeker?

Cultivate faith and steady recollection rather than relying only on outward religious acts; inner disposition is presented as the true sacred ‘place’.