Shloka 200

Puṣkara Sacrifice: Gāyatrī’s Marriage, Sāvitrī’s Wrath, Rudra’s Test, and the Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Devanagari script

मांडव्ये मांडवी देवी स्वाहा माहेश्वरे पुरे । वेगले तु प्रचंडाथ चंडिकामरकंटके

Transliteration

māṃḍavye māṃḍavī devī svāhā māheśvare pure | vegale tu pracaṃḍātha caṃḍikāmarakaṃṭake

Translation

No tīrtha de Māṇḍavya está a deusa Māṇḍavī; na cidade de Māheśvara habita Svāhā; em Vegala ela é Pracaṇḍā; e em Caṇḍikāmarakaṇṭaka está a deusa assim denominada.

Word by Word

• माण्डव्ये: at Māṇḍavya (place/āśrama)
• माण्डव्ये: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• माण्डवी: Māṇḍavī
• माण्डवी: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य (Apposition to subject/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ई)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• स्वाहा: Svāhā
• स्वाहा: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभूत-नाम; स्वाहा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन); देवीनाम (proper name)

• माहेश्वरे: at Māheśvara
• माहेश्वरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महेश्वर + अण्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पuṃ), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• वेगले: at Vegala
• वेगले: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable/अव्यय), निपात (particle)

• प्रचण्डा: Pracaṇḍā
• प्रचण्डा: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्डा (प्रातिपदिक; प्र + चण्ड)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

• अथ: then/and
• अथ: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable/अव्यय), अव्यय (sequencer/particle)

• चण्डिकामरकण्टके: at Caṇḍikā-Amarakāṇṭaka
• चण्डिकामरकण्टके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका-अमरकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक; चण्डिका + अमरकण्टक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन)

Speaker

Unclear from single-verse context (likely a narrator listing tīrthas and their presiding deities).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: IAST 'pracaṃḍātha' resolved as 'प्रचण्डा' + 'अथ'. Final compound treated as internal samāsa: चण्डिका + अमरकण्टक.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavī
• Svāhā
• Pracaṇḍā
• Māheśvara

FAQs

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

It maps specific sacred locations (tīrthas/cities) to their presiding goddesses, presenting a devotional “sacred geography” where places are understood through the divine presence associated with them.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

By naming deities tied to particular places, it encourages place-based devotion—pilgrimage, remembrance, and worship—where bhakti is practiced through honoring the deity believed to dwell in or protect a tīrtha.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

The implied lesson is reverence: to approach sacred places with respect and mindfulness, recognizing them as spaces tied to divine presence and thus deserving of purity in conduct and intention.