Shloka 12

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

पुष्पवत्यामुपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । गोसहस्रफलं विंद्यात्कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत्

Transliteration

puṣpavatyāmupaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ | gosahasraphalaṃ viṃdyātkulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบชำระที่ปุษปวตี และถืออุโบสถอดอาหารสามราตรี ผู้นั้นย่อมได้บุญผลเสมอการถวายโคหนึ่งพันตัว และยังเกื้อกูลยกวงศ์ตระกูลให้พ้นด้วย

Word by Word

पुष्पवत्याम्at/in Puṣpavatī (river/place)

उपस्पृश्यhaving performed ablution

त्रिरात्रोपोषितःfasted for three nights

नरःa man

गोसहस्रफलम्reward equal to (gift of) a thousand cows

विन्द्यात्would obtain

कुलम्family/lineage

चand

एवindeed/just

समुद्धरेत्would uplift/save

Speaker

Not specified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa dialogue).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुष्पवत्यामुपस्पृश्य = पुष्पवत्याम् + उपस्पृश्य; त्रिरात्रोपोषितो = त्रिरात्र + उपोषितः; विंद्यात् = विन्द्यात् (अनुस्वार-लेखन); चैव = च + एव

Characters & Entities

Puṣpavatī

FAQs

What practice is prescribed in this verse from the Padma Purana Svarga-khaṇḍa?

It prescribes bathing at the Puṣpavatī tīrtha and observing a three-night fast (trirātra-upavāsa) to gain great religious merit.

What does “go-sahasra-phala” mean here?

It means the spiritual “fruit” or merit equivalent to the celebrated gift of a thousand cows (a high standard of dāna in Purāṇic ethics).

How does the verse connect personal austerity with family welfare?

It states that the merit from tīrtha-purification and fasting not only benefits the practitioner but also “uplifts” or redeems the family lineage (kula).