Shloka 98

Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्गतानि साफल्यं काले निर्मलचेतसाम् । विस्मृतानि च शास्त्राणि प्रादुर्भावं प्रपेदिरे

Transliteration

tasmingatāni sāphalyaṃ kāle nirmalacetasām | vismṛtāni ca śāstrāṇi prādurbhāvaṃ prapedire

Translation

ସେହି କାଳରେ ନିର୍ମଳଚେତା ଲୋକମାନେ ସାଫଳ୍ୟ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କଲେ; ଏବଂ ଯେ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରମାନେ ବିସ୍ମୃତ ହୋଇଥିଲେ, ସେମାନେ ପୁନଃ ପ୍ରାଦୁର୍ଭାବ ପାଇ ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे समानरूपम्; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular); अधिकरण (locative)

• गतानि: gone/attained
• गतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (qualifying)

• साफल्यम्: success, fruition
• साफल्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साफल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter); प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine); सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular); अधिकरण

• निर्मलचेतसाम्: of the pure-minded (people)
• निर्मलचेतसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मल-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive): निर्मलम् चेतः यस्य/येषाम्; पुंलिङ्ग (masc, used for persons); षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• विस्मृतानि: forgotten
• विस्मृतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+स्मृ (धातु) + क्त → विस्मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शास्त्राणि: treatises/scriptures
• शास्त्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter); प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural); कर्तृपद (subject)

• प्रादुर्भावम्: manifestation, appearance
• प्रादुर्भावम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रादुर्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine); द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (singular); कर्म

• प्रपेदिरे: attained/reached
• प्रपेदिरे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect, लिट्); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मिन् + गतानि → तस्मिन्गतानि; प्रादुर्भावं (प्रादुस् + भावम्) lexicalized; शास्त्राणि प्रपेदिरे: subject-verb agreement (neut. pl. subject with 3rd pl. verb).

FAQs

What is the main teaching of this verse?

It links inner purity (nirmala-cetas) with spiritual fruition, and presents sacred knowledge as something that can be forgotten in time yet re-manifests when conditions become favorable.

Does this verse describe a historical event or a cyclical Purāṇic pattern?

It fits a common Purāṇic pattern: across cycles of time, dharma and scriptural knowledge may decline or be forgotten, and later reappear or be restored when purity and right conditions return.

What ethical or practical lesson can a reader take from it?

Cultivating a clear, purified mind is portrayed as the foundation for success in dharma; it also encourages preserving and reviving scriptural learning rather than letting it lapse into forgetfulness.