Shloka 26

गङ्गाधारणम् (Gaṅgādhāraṇa) — Śiva Bears the Descent of Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

कैलासं पर्वतं गत्वा तोषयामास शंकरम्‌ | तपस्तीव्रमुपागम्य कालयोगेन केनचित्‌,राजन! यह सुनकर महाराज भगीरथ कैलासपर्वतपर गये और वहाँ उन्होंने तीव्र तपस्या करके कुछ समयके बाद भगवान्‌ शंकरको प्रसन्न किया

Transliteration

kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā toṣayāmāsa śaṅkaram | tapas tīvram upāgamya kālayogena kenacit, rājan |

Translation

ਲੋਮਸ਼ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਕੈਲਾਸ ਪਹਾੜ ਤੇ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਕੀਤਾ। ਘੋਰ ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ, ਕਾਲ ਦੇ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਕੁਝ ਸਮਾਂ ਬੀਤਣ ਉਪਰੰਤ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹਾਸਲ ਕੀਤੀ।

Word by Word

• कैलासम्: Kailasa
• कैलासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• तोषयामास: pleased / satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Perfect (narrative past), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शंकरम्: Shankara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीव्रम्: intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपागम्य: having undertaken / having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• कालयोगेन: by the conjunction/operation of time; in due course
• कालयोगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालयोग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• केनचित्: by some (means); after some (time)
• केनचित्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular, indefinite (चित्)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasha
• Kailasa
• Shankara (Shiva)
• Bhagiratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, disciplined effort (tapas) undertaken with devotion and patience bears fruit in due time; divine favor is portrayed as responding to sincere perseverance rather than haste.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasha narrates that Bhagiratha travels to Mount Kailāsa and performs intense austerities; after some time passes, Śiva (Śaṅkara) becomes pleased with him.