Shloka 2

Glory of Puruṣottama: Pañcatīrthī Observance and Narasiṃha Worship

Devanagari script

एकैकस्य च तीर्थस्य स्नाने दाने च यत्फलम् । देवताप्रेक्षणे चैव ब्रूहि सर्वं पृथक् पृथक् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

ekaikasya ca tīrthasya snāne dāne ca yatphalam | devatāprekṣaṇe caiva brūhi sarvaṃ pṛthak pṛthak || 2 ||

Translation

Поведай мне по отдельности и во всей полноте: какова заслуга, возникающая — в каждой тиртхе — от омовения и от даров, а также от созерцания (даршана) божества там.

Word by Word

• eka-ekasya: of each (tīrtha)
• eka-ekasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (एक) + eka (एक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; distributive sense ‘of each (one by one)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• tīrthasya: of the holy place
• tīrthasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (तीर्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• snāne: in bathing
• snāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (स्नान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• dāne: in giving (charity)
• dāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (दान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; relative pronoun ‘which/whatever’ qualifying ‘phalam’

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (कर्म/Object of brūhi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• devatā-prekṣaṇe: in seeing the deity
• devatā-prekṣaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (देवता) + prekṣaṇa (प्रेक्षण)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in viewing/seeing the deity’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण अव्यय)

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (ब्रू-धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object of brūhi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively ‘everything’

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (पृथक्-अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (विभागवाचक अव्यय): ‘separately’

• pṛthak: each one distinctly
• pṛthak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (पृथक्-अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb repetition for emphasis (पुनरुक्ति)

Speaker

Narada (questioning Sanatkumara)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Pañcatīrthī (implied)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Devatā (the deity at a tīrtha)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It frames pilgrimage as a threefold practice—snāna (purificatory bath), dāna (charitable giving), and devatā-darśana (sacred viewing)—and asks that the merits of each tīrtha be distinguished precisely.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By emphasizing devatā-prekṣaṇa (darśana), it highlights a devotional core of tīrtha-yātrā: approaching the deity directly with reverence, not merely performing external rites.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual application (kalpa-oriented practice) is implicit: the verse requests a rule-like, tīrtha-by-tīrtha accounting of results for snāna and dāna—typical of dharma-śāstra style enumeration used in pilgrimage manuals.