Shloka 62

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य ज्येष्ठस्थानं व्रजेन्नर: । अभिगम्य महादेवं विराजति यथा शशी

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya jyeṣṭhasthānaṁ vrajen naraḥ | abhigamya mahādevaṁ virājati yathā śaśī ||

Translation

மரியாதையுடன் பிரதட்சிணம் செய்து, பின்னர் திரும்பி முதன்மையான இடத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு மகாதேவனை அணுகினால், அவன் வானில் நிலவு போல மங்கள ஒளியுடன் பிரகாசிப்பான்.

Word by Word

प्रदक्षिणम्clockwise; in circumambulation

उपावृत्यhaving turned/returned (after doing)

ज्येष्ठस्थानम्the foremost/elder place (chief seat/position)

व्रजेत्should go

नरःa man

अभिगम्यhaving approached

महादेवम्Mahadeva (the great god, Shiva)

विराजतिshines; appears splendid

यथाas; like

शशीthe moon

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Śaśī (the Moon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that reverent ritual behavior—especially pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) and a proper approach to the deity—cultivates auspiciousness and moral-spiritual radiance. Respectful conduct toward the sacred is presented as a dharmic discipline that transforms the practitioner.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is giving prescriptive guidance on how one should approach a sacred locus and Mahādeva. The instruction describes a sequence of devotional actions (circumambulate, withdraw properly, proceed to the foremost place, approach Śiva) and states the resulting benefit through a vivid simile: the devotee shines like the moon.