Shloka 60

Devanagari script

श्रुतावतीं ततः पुण्यां जगाम त्रिदिवं पुन: । पुण्यमयी श्रुतावतीसे ऐसा कहकर सहसख्र नेत्रधारी प्रतापी भगवान्‌ इन्द्रदेव पुनः स्वर्गलोकमें चले गये ।। ५९ $ ।। गते वज्धरे राजंस्तत्र वर्ष पपात ह

Transliteration

śrutāvatīṃ tataḥ puṇyāṃ jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ |

Translation

Сказав так, могучий Индра — владыка богов, носящий тысячу очей, — вновь отправился в Тридиву (небесный мир), оставив позади священное место, именуемое Шрутавати. Повествование подчеркивает: божественные посещения освящают земли, а боги, исполнив предназначение, возвращаются в свою небесную обитель.

Word by Word

श्रुतावतीम्Śrutāvatī (name of a place/river/city), (to) Śrutāvatī

ततःthen, thereafter

पुण्याम्holy, auspicious

जगामwent

त्रिदिवम्heaven, the sky-world

पुनःagain

गतेwhen (he) had gone; after (his) departure

वज्रधरेwhen the thunderbolt-bearer (Indra) (had gone)

राजन्O king

तत्रthere

वर्षम्rain

पपातfell, poured down

हindeed (particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrutāvatī

Tridiva (Svarga)

Indra

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea of puṇya (sacred merit): certain places become holy through divine association, and the gods act within the moral order, completing their role and returning to their proper realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Indra, after speaking, departs again to Tridiva (heaven), marking a transition in the episode centered on the holy place Śrutāvatī.