Shloka 89

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

सद्यस्तारयते जंतुः सप्तसप्तावरांस्तथा । पुनाति कीर्त्तिता पापं दृष्ट्वा पुण्यं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

sadyastārayate jaṃtuḥ saptasaptāvarāṃstathā | punāti kīrttitā pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyaṃ prayacchati

Translation

Она тотчас освобождает живое существо и так же освобождает семь раз по семь поколений предков. Одного прославления достаточно, чтобы очистить грех; одного созерцания — чтобы даровать заслугу (пунья).

Word by Word

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) "immediately"

• तारयते: saves/carries across
• तारयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛ (तॄ धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; causative sense in usage "causes to cross/saves"

• जन्तुः: a creature/person
• जन्तुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; subject

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; used as numeral modifier

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; repeated for emphasis/structure

• अवरान्: lower (ones)
• अवरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; object qualifier "lower" (implied: generations/worlds)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) "thus/likewise"

• पुनाति: purifies
• पुनाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pū (पू धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• कीर्तिता: (when) praised/recited
• कीर्तिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; "(when) praised/recited" (agreeing with implied स्त्री: गङ्गा/तीर्था)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; object of punāti

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; "having seen"

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; object of prayacchati

• प्रयच्छति: bestows/grants
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada; causative/extended sense "bestows"

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within the Svargakhaṇḍa dialogue)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: river

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सद्यस्तारयते = सद्यः + तारयते (visarga sandhi); सप्तसप्तावरान् = सप्त + सप्त + अवरान् (no internal sandhi, numeral juxtaposition).

FAQs

What practice is being praised in this verse—hearing, praising, or seeing?

The verse presents a graded fruit: praising (kīrtana) purifies sin, while seeing (darśana) grants positive merit (puṇya), and the overall power is said to deliver the individual and extended generations.

What does “seven times seven” indicate here?

“Saptasapta” is a conventional Purāṇic hyperbolic measure indicating extensive generational benefit—here expressed as seven times seven “lower” generations connected to the person.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson emphasized?

The verse underscores the transformative value of sacred engagement: reverent praise and direct encounter (darśana) are portrayed as powerful means for purification and the accrual of merit.