Shloka 25

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

तत्रेशानं समभ्यर्च्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । दशाश्वमेधमाप्नोति गाणपत्यं च विंदति

Transliteration

tatreśānaṃ samabhyarcya trirātropoṣito naraḥ | daśāśvamedhamāpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca viṃdati

Translation

ณที่นั้น ผู้ใดบูชาอีศานะด้วยศรัทธา และถืออุโบสถสามราตรี ย่อมได้บุญเท่ากับอัศวเมธสิบครั้ง และยังได้สถานะเป็นหนึ่งในคณะคณะแห่งพระคเณศ (คณปติ)

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• ईशानम्: Īśāna (Śiva)
• ईशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्-अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• सम्-अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); सम्यक् पूजयित्वा (having duly worshipped)

• त्रि-रात्र-उपोषितः: one who has fasted for three nights
• त्रि-रात्र-उपोषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपोषित (कृदन्त, उप + वस्/उष्?; रूढि: उपवास-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (त्रीणि रात्राणि उपोषितः = three-night fast observed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दश-अश्वमेधम्: the merit equal to ten Aśvamedha sacrifices
• दश-अश्वमेधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश अश्वमेधाः यस्य फलम्/दशाश्वमेधफलम्)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गाणपत्यम्: the state/realm of Gaṇapati (Gaṇeśa)
• गाणपत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाणपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• विन्दति: finds/obtains
• विन्दति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa Adhyaya 39 context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तत्र + ईशानम् → तत्रेशानम्; त्रिरात्र + उपोषितः → त्रिरात्रोपोषितः; दश + अश्वमेधम् → दशाश्वमेधम्; अश्वमेध इति समासपद (अश्वस्य मेधः) अन्तर्भूतः; गाणपत्यं च (no sandhi change).

Characters & Entities

• Īśāna
• Śiva
• Aśvamedha
• Gaṇapati

FAQs

What practice is prescribed in this verse?

It prescribes worshipping Īśāna (Śiva) and observing a trirātra-upavāsa—fasting for three consecutive nights.

Why does the verse compare the result to ten Aśvamedhas?

It uses a well-known Vedic royal sacrifice as a benchmark to express the extraordinary spiritual merit (puṇya) attributed to this devotion and austerity.

What does “gāṇapatya” mean here?

In this context it indicates attaining a gaṇa-associated status—being counted among (or gaining the condition of) Gaṇapati’s retinue/affiliation, i.e., a blessed proximity to Gaṇapati’s sphere.