Shloka 32

Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits

Devanagari script

शृंगतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । तत्रापि स्नातमात्रस्य ध्रुवं गाणेश्वरी गतिः

Transliteration

śṛṃgatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam | tatrāpi snātamātrasya dhruvaṃ gāṇeśvarī gatiḥ

Translation

Pagkaraan, magtungo siya sa Śṛṅga-tīrtha, tagapaglipol ng lahat ng kasalanan. Doon, sa pagligo lamang, tiyak na matatamo ang mapalad na kalagayan ng mga Gaṇeśvara, mga banal na tagapaglingkod ni Gaṇeśa.

Word by Word

• śṛṅga-tīrtham: the Śṛṅga sacred ford
• śṛṅga-tīrtham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): śṛṅgasya tīrtham

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (temporal locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of sequence: "thereafter"

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Verb; विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying tīrtham; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ praṇāśanam

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb: "there"

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (particle modifying clause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात): "also/even"

• snāta-mātrasya: of one who has only bathed
• snāta-mātrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (genitive with gatiḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāta (√snā, क्त-प्रत्यय) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय/अव्ययीभाव-न): "snātaḥ mātram" = 'only bathed' → 'of one who has merely bathed'

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (sentence adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषणवत्), indeclinable sense: "certainly"

• gāṇeśvarī: belonging to Gaṇeśa (Gaṇeśvarī)
• gāṇeśvarī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of Karta/Pradhāna-nāma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gāṇeśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; adjective qualifying gatiḥ

• gatiḥ: attainment, destination
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate-noun: 'is the attainment')
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa pilgrimage narration).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: gacchetsarva- = gacchet sarva-; tatrāpi = tatra api; snātamātrasya = snāta-mātrasya

Characters & Entities

• Śṛṅga-tīrtha
• Gaṇeśa
• Gaṇeśvaras

FAQs

What does this verse say is the benefit of visiting Śṛṅga-tīrtha?

It describes Śṛṅga-tīrtha as a place that destroys all sins, and states that even a simple bath there yields a sure spiritual attainment.

What is meant by “gāṇeśvarī gatiḥ” in this context?

It indicates attaining the state or destination associated with the Gaṇeśvaras—divine attendants connected with Gaṇeśa—signifying a blessed posthumous or spiritual status granted by the tīrtha’s merit.

What ethical or devotional lesson is emphasized by this śloka?

It highlights the Purāṇic principle that sincere acts at sacred places—especially ritual bathing—can catalyze purification and upliftment, encouraging faith, pilgrimage discipline, and reverence for divine guardians like Gaṇeśa.