Shloka 111

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

अनेन विधिना यस्तु पृथिवीं पर्यटिष्यति । अश्वमेधशतं साग्रं फलं प्रेत्यैष भोक्ष्यते

Transliteration

anena vidhinā yastu pṛthivīṃ paryaṭiṣyati | aśvamedhaśataṃ sāgraṃ phalaṃ pretyaiṣa bhokṣyate

Translation

ผู้ใดก็ตามที่จาริกไปทั่วแผ่นดินตามวิธีที่กำหนดนี้ ครั้นละโลกแล้ว ผู้นั้นจักเสวยผลบุญเทียบเท่ายัญอัศวเมธะหนึ่งร้อยครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidhinā: by the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• pṛthivīm: the earth
• pṛthivīm: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• paryaṭiṣyati: will wander/travel around
• paryaṭiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √aṭ (अट् धातु)
• Form: Luṭ/Lṛṭ (लृट् भविष्यत्काल/Future), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• aśvamedhaśatam: a hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices
• aśvamedhaśatam: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Qualifier target for phalam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• sāgram: together with the extra (over and above)
• sāgram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with aśvamedhaśatam/phalam

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• pretya: after death
• pretya: Kāla (काल/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra + √i (इ धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय), adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eṣaḥ: this person/he
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhokṣyate: will enjoy/receive
• bhokṣyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (भुज् धातु)
• Form: Luṭ/Lṛṭ (लृट् भविष्यत्काल/Future), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within the Svarga-khaṇḍa pilgrimage merit discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: yastu = yaḥ + tu (visarga sandhi). pretyaiṣa = pretya + eṣaḥ (vowel sandhi; final -a + e-).

FAQs

What practice is being praised in this verse?

It praises traveling across the earth as a sacred pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) performed according to the stated procedure (vidhi).

Why does the verse compare the result to a hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices?

The Aśvamedha is a paradigmatic royal Vedic sacrifice representing immense merit; the comparison functions as a phalaśruti to communicate that properly performed pilgrimage yields exceptionally high spiritual reward.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse convey?

It teaches that disciplined religious practice—here, pilgrimage done with proper observance—can be spiritually transformative and is valued as highly as elaborate ritual sacrifices.