Shloka 111

Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites

Devanagari script

शोभसे मंदर क्षिप्रमतस्तुष्टिकरो भव । यस्माच्चूडामणिर्जंबूद्वीपे त्वं गंधमादन

Transliteration

śobhase maṃdara kṣipramatastuṣṭikaro bhava | yasmāccūḍāmaṇirjaṃbūdvīpe tvaṃ gaṃdhamādana

Translation

ਹੇ ਮੰਦਰ! ਤੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਮਾਨ ਹੈਂ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤੀ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਬਣ। ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਜੰਬੂਦਵੀਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੂੰ, ਹੇ ਗੰਧਮਾਦਨ, ਮਾਨੋ ਚੂੜਾਮਣੀ ਹੈਂ।

Word by Word

• शोभसे: you shine/are splendid
• शोभसे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• मन्दर: O Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle/connector: ‘therefore/from this’)

• तुष्टिकरः: giver of satisfaction
• तुष्टिकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘तुष्टेः करः’

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunctive indeclinable; ablative sense ‘because/from which’)

• चूडामणिः: crest-jewel
• चूडामणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूडा (प्रातिपदिक) + मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘चूडायाः मणिः’

• जम्बूद्वीपे: in Jambūdvīpa
• जम्बूद्वीपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बू (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘जम्बोः द्वीपः’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गन्धमादन: O Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘गन्धान् मादयति’ (one who intoxicates with fragrance)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent; verse reads as an address to Mandara/Gandhamādana)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: Sandhi resolved: क्षिप्रम्+अतः→क्षिप्रमतो; अतः+तुष्टिकरः→अतस्तुष्टिकरः; यस्मात्+चूडामणिः→यस्माच्चूडामणिः; चूडामणिः+जम्बूद्वीपे→चूडामणिर्जम्बूद्वीपे.

Characters & Entities

• Mandara
• Gandhamādana
• Jambūdvīpa

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred Tirthas?

It praises mountains within Jambūdvīpa as exalted, jewel-like features of the sacred landscape, reflecting the Purāṇic habit of mapping holiness onto cosmic geography.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

Indirectly: by honoring divine/cosmic features (like sacred mountains) with reverent address and praise, it models devotional speech (stuti) as a way of relating to the sacred world.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

The verse commends becoming a source of “tuṣṭi” (contentment/satisfaction) for others—an ethical ideal of beneficence aligned with dharma.