Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा तु पीत्वा तु मुच्यते सर्वकल्मषात् सावित्री चैव गायत्री श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वती //

Translation

ద్వితీయ శ్లోకం—ధర్మార్థంగా చెప్పబడిన ఈ జ్ఞానం శ్రోతల హితానికి దోహదపడుగాక।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (locative adverb/देश-अव्यय)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/क्त्वान्त), pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle)

• pītvā: having drunk
• pītvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/क्त्वान्त), pūrvakāla-kriyā

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle)

• mucyate: is liberated
• mucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; Karmaṇi-prayoga (passive sense: 'is freed')

• sarva-kalmaṣāt: from all sins/impurities
• sarva-kalmaṣāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष (sarvebhyaḥ kalmaṣebhyaḥ)

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphasis)

• gāyatrī: Gāyatrī
• gāyatrī: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• śraddhā: Śraddhā
• śraddhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• medhā: Medhā
• medhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

Speaker

• A narrator figure (identified as Brahmā in the following verses) speaks to Nārada (addressed later in v.9).