Shloka 7

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

प्रभावे च कुलं पूत्वा सर्वपापं व्यपोहति । गोसहस्रफलं लब्ध्वा पुनाति स्वकुलं नरः

Transliteration

prabhāve ca kulaṃ pūtvā sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati | gosahasraphalaṃ labdhvā punāti svakulaṃ naraḥ

Translation

Por seu poder sagrado, o homem purifica sua linhagem e remove todo pecado; obtendo o mérito equivalente a doar mil vacas, santifica a própria família.

Word by Word

• प्रभावे: at Prabhāva (the source/place)
• प्रभावे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरण (location/context) ‘in/at the source (Prabhāva)’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction) ‘and’

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूत्वा: having purified
• पूत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पू (धातु; पूञ् पवने/पूयते) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया: “having purified”

• सर्वपापम्: all sin
• सर्वपापम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः: सर्वं पापम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्यपोहति: removes
• व्यपोहति: क्रिया (Verb action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अप-ऊह्/अपोह् (धातु; अपोहति ‘removes’)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: the merit equal to (the gift of) a thousand cows
• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गोसहस्रस्य फलम् (‘fruit of a thousand cows’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया: “having obtained”

• पुनाति: purifies
• पुनाति: क्रिया (Verb action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्व-कुलम्: his own family
• स्व-कुलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (कर्मकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः: स्वं कुलम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (कर्तृकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa 39)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गोसहस्रफलं = गो-सहस्र-फलम्; स्वकुलं = स्व-कुलम्.

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the power of sacred merit (puṇya)?

It presents puṇya as transformative: it not only cancels personal sin but is also portrayed as capable of purifying one’s entire family line (kula).

Why is “the fruit of gifting a thousand cows” used as a comparison?

Go-dāna (cow-gifting) is a classical benchmark for great religious merit; the verse uses it as a recognizable measure to communicate the extraordinary spiritual reward of the praised act.

What ethical lesson is implied by ‘purifying one’s lineage’?

The verse frames spiritual practice as socially consequential: one’s conduct and religious merit are depicted as benefiting not only oneself but also one’s wider familial community.