Shloka 84

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रिविष्टपं गच्छेत्‌ त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्‌ । तत्र वैतरणी पुण्या नदी पापप्रणाशिनी

Transliteration

tatastṛviṣṭapaṃ gacchet triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra vaitaraṇī puṇyā nadī pāpapraṇāśinī ||

Translation

Затем следует отправиться в Тривиштапу (Triviṣṭapa) — прославленную небесную обитель, известную в трёх мирах. Там течёт священная река Вайтарани (Vaitaraṇī), почитаемая как очистительница, уничтожающая грех.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Svarga, heaven (the three-stepped world)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विश्रुतम्: well-known, renowned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु) → विश्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• वैतरणी: Vaitaraṇī (name of a river)
• वैतरणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैतरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्या: holy, meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पापप्रणाशिनी: destroyer of sins
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-प्र-नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; नाशिन्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa
• Vaitaraṇī
• the three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral-ethical worldview in which righteous conduct leads toward higher realms, and sacred means of purification remove the weight of wrongdoing; Vaitaraṇī symbolizes the cleansing transition from pāpa toward spiritual eligibility for heaven.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes a progression to the celebrated heavenly realm Triviṣṭapa and points out the sacred river Vaitaraṇī there, characterizing it as a sin-destroying purifier—framing the journey in terms of cosmic geography and moral consequence.