Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 179

Merit of Causeways and Crossings, Temple Construction Rewards, and the Rudrākṣa Mahātmya

Devanagari script

एवमादीनि सर्वाणि हंति पापानि सर्वथा । अक्षयं त्रिदिवं भुक्त्वा मुक्तो याति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

evamādīni sarvāṇi haṃti pāpāni sarvathā | akṣayaṃ tridivaṃ bhuktvā mukto yāti parāṃ gatim

Translation

ଏପରି ସମସ୍ତ (ଉପାୟ) ସର୍ବଥା ପାପକୁ ନାଶ କରେ। ଅକ୍ଷୟ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ ଭୋଗ କରି, ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ପରମ ଗତିକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• एवम्-आदीनि: such and similar (things)
• एवम्-आदीनि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (evam-ādi = 'beginning with thus/like this')

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying एवमादीनि

• हन्ति: destroys
• हन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• सर्वथा: in every way; completely
• सर्वथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; adjective qualifying त्रिदिवम्

• त्रिदिवम्: heaven (the threefold heaven)
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund, ल्यबन्त); 'having enjoyed'

• मुक्तः: liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; adjective qualifying गतिम्

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent within Adhyaya 59; likely a narrator/teacher continuing an instruction)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: एवमादीनि = एवम् + आदीनि (अव्ययीभाव).

FAQs

What spiritual result does this verse promise for meritorious acts?

It states that such acts eradicate sins completely, grant access to an imperishable heavenly enjoyment, and culminate in liberation and the supreme goal.

Does this verse describe heaven as the final goal?

No. Heaven (tridiva) is described as an experienced reward, but the verse ultimately points beyond it to mukti (freedom) and the parā gati (supreme state).

What ethical lesson is implied by the verse?

It underscores that sustained righteous conduct and prescribed sacred actions have real moral consequences—purifying wrongdoing and orienting life toward the highest spiritual attainment.