Shloka 65

Qualities of the Five Great Elements; Description of Sudarśana-dvīpa and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

तत्र दिव्या त्रिपथगा प्रथमं तु प्रतिष्ठिता । ब्रह्मलोकादपाक्रांता सप्तधा प्रतिपद्यते

Transliteration

tatra divyā tripathagā prathamaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitā | brahmalokādapākrāṃtā saptadhā pratipadyate

Translation

அங்கேயே தெய்வீகத் திரிபதகா (கங்கை) முதலில் நிலைபெற்றாள். பிரம்மலோகத்திலிருந்து இறங்கி, அவள் ஏழு ஓடைகளாக வெளிப்படுகிறாள்.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्रिपथगा: the three-pathed (river)
• त्रिपथगा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पथ + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (त्रिपथं गच्छति इति)

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया (adverbial accusative: 'first/at first')

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• प्रतिष्ठिता: is established / has been set
• प्रतिष्ठिता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate participle: 'having been established')

• ब्रह्मलोकात्: from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अपाक्रान्ता: having departed/come forth
• अपाक्रान्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-आ-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सप्तधा: sevenfold
• सप्तधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in seven ways')

• प्रतिपद्यते: proceeds / becomes / is attained
• प्रतिपद्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Not specified in the provided verse (context-dependent within Svargakhaṇḍa narration).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ब्रह्मलोकादपाक्रांता → ब्रह्मलोकात् + अपाक्रान्ता.

Characters & Entities

• Tripathagā (Gaṅgā)
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

Who is Tripathagā in this verse, and why is she called ‘three-pathed’?

Tripathagā refers to Gaṅgā, described as flowing through three realms—heaven (svarga), earth (pṛthvī), and the nether regions (pātāla)—hence ‘three-pathed’.

What does it mean that Gaṅgā ‘descends from Brahmaloka’?

It presents Gaṅgā as a celestial river originating in the highest divine realm associated with Brahmā, emphasizing her transcendent purity and sacred authority before appearing in the cosmos below.

What is the significance of Gaṅgā becoming ‘sevenfold’ (saptadhā)?

The verse depicts her as manifesting in seven branches/streams, a common purāṇic motif used to explain sacred hydrology and the spread of tīrtha-power across multiple regions and worlds.