Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda, Shloka 29

Description of the Fruits of Pilgrimage

Puṣkara Tīrtha Māhātmya

Devanagari script

सायंप्रातः स्मरेद्यस्तु पुष्कराणि कृतांजलि । उपस्पृष्टं भवेत्तेन सर्वतीर्थेषु पार्थिव

Transliteration

sāyaṃprātaḥ smaredyastu puṣkarāṇi kṛtāṃjali | upaspṛṣṭaṃ bhavettena sarvatīrtheṣu pārthiva

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਹੱਥ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪੁਸ਼ਕਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਕਰਮ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਸਭ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਪਸਪਰਸ਼ (ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਸਨਾਨ) ਕੀਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सायंप्रातः: in the evening and in the morning
• सायंप्रातः: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Time setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् + प्रातः (अव्यय); सायं-प्रातः (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb); समाहार-द्वन्द्वः: 'सायं च प्रातः च' = 'evening and morning'

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), निपात (particle), अर्थे 'but/indeed'

• पुष्कराणि: Puṣkara (holy places named Puṣkara) / the Puṣkaras
• पुष्कराणि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); स्मरेत् इत्यस्य कर्म

• कृताञ्जलिः: with joined palms
• कृताञ्जलिः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject; adjectival to यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक); कृत-अञ्जलि (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त 'कृत' + तत्पुरुषः: 'कृतः अञ्जलिः येन' (hands joined in reverence)

• उपस्पृष्टम्: touched/attained (as if touched)
• उपस्पृष्टम्: कर्म (Karma; predicate describing implied 'सर्वतीर्थफलम्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्पृश् (धातु) → उपस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), भावे प्रयोगः (impersonal predicate): 'is touched/has been contacted'

• भवेत्: would become / would be
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); हेतु/साधन-अर्थे

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व-तीर्थ (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः: 'सर्वाणि तीर्थानि' = 'all holy places'

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); संबोधन (address)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king, i.e., “pārthiva”)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सायंप्रातः = सायम् + प्रातः; स्मरेद्यस्तु = स्मरेत् + यः + तु; भवेत्तेन = भवेत् + तेन

Characters & Entities

• Pushkara

FAQs

What practice does this verse recommend regarding Puṣkara?

It recommends remembering (smaraṇa) the sacred Puṣkara(s) morning and evening with folded hands as a devotional act.

How does the verse relate remembrance to pilgrimage and bathing at tīrthas?

It states that such remembrance grants the same merit as having performed purificatory ablution (upaspṛśya/snāna) at all sacred tīrthas.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied here?

The verse highlights inner devotion and disciplined daily practice, suggesting that sincere reverent remembrance can equal extensive external rites.