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Shloka 64

Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits

शुक्लतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत् सर्वपापविनाशनम् / नास्ति तेन सम तीर्थं नर्मदायां युधिष्ठिर

śuklatīrthaṃ tato gacchet sarvapāpavināśanam / nāsti tena sama tīrthaṃ narmadāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

ఆపై సమస్త పాపాలను నశింపజేసే శుక్లతీర్థానికి వెళ్లాలి. ఓ యుధిష్ఠిరా, నర్మదా నదిలో దానికి సమానమైన తీర్థం లేదు.

śukla-tīrthamthe Śukla Tīrtha (holy ford)
śukla-tīrtham:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśukla (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्मधारय: śuklaṃ tīrtham
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; adverb of sequence
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular
sarva-pāpa-vināśanamdestroyer of all sins
sarva-pāpa-vināśanam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective qualifying śuklatīrtham; tatpuruṣa: sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ vināśanam
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle (निषेध)
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriya (क्रिया/Existence)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/present), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular
tenawith/than that
tena:
Karana (करण/Standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; comparison marker
samamequal
samam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; agrees with tīrtham
tīrthamholy place/ford
tīrtham:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate object)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; predicate accusative in comparison
narmadāyāmin/on the Narmadā (river)
narmadāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootnarmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
yudhiṣṭhiraO Yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootyudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

Vyāsa (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira, within the Narmadā-tīrtha discourse)

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Ś
Śukla-tīrtha
N
Narmadā
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

Indirectly: it frames purification through tīrtha as a dharmic support for inner clarity; such purity is traditionally said to aid discernment of the ātman, though the verse itself focuses on Śukla-tīrtha’s sin-destroying efficacy.

No specific yogic technique is named; the practice emphasized is tīrtha-yātrā as a purificatory discipline (śuddhi-sādhana) that complements mantra, worship, and later yogic instructions found elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

By praising a Narmadā tīrtha—often shared across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotional landscapes—it reflects the Purana’s integrative approach where dharma, pilgrimage, and purification are common pathways honored across sectarian lines.