Shloka 513

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

प्राप्रुयादुपवासेन फल द्वादशवार्षिकम्‌ । 'देवदेवेश्वर! इस तीर्थमें तीन राततक पवित्र भावसे रहकर वास करनेसे मनुष्यको बारह वर्षोके उपवासका फल प्राप्त हो'

Transliteration

prāpnuyād upavāsena phalaṃ dvādaśavārṣikam |

Translation

దేవదేవేశ్వరా! ఈ తీర్థంలో పవిత్రభావంతో మూడు రాత్రులు నివసించి ఉపవాసం చేస్తే మనిషికి పన్నెండు సంవత్సరాల ఉపవాసఫలం లభిస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain / should obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु: आप्/आप्नोति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Present (imperative/optative sense), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्वादशवार्षिकम्: of twelve years (duration)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-वार्षिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• tīrtha (sacred place)
• Devadeveśvara (as invoked in the accompanying prose gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sincere, purified observance—fasting and reverent residence at a sacred tīrtha—can yield immense spiritual merit, symbolically equated with the fruit of a twelve-year austerity. It highlights intention and sanctified context as amplifiers of ethical and spiritual practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing the extraordinary efficacy of a particular pilgrimage observance: fasting (and, in the accompanying explanation, staying for three nights with a pure mind) at the tīrtha is praised as granting great religious merit.