Shloka 12

Prayāga-māhātmya and Ṛṇa-pramocana-tīrtha — Māgha-snāna, Austerities, and Release from Debts

Devanagari script

शतं वर्षसहस्त्राणि सोमलोके महीयते / ततस्तस्मात् परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः

Transliteration

śataṃ varṣasahastrāṇi somaloke mahīyate / tatastasmāt paribhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

Translation

وہ ایک لاکھ برس تک سوم لوک میں معزز رہتا ہے۔ پھر وہاں سے گِر کر وہ دوبارہ ایک دیندار و عادل بادشاہ کے طور پر پیدا ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन) (used adverbially with time)

• varṣa-sahastrāṇi: thousands of years
• varṣa-sahastrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of years’), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन) (time-span)

• soma-loke: in the Soma-world
• soma-loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mahī√ (धातु: √mah ‘to honor’)
• Form: Verb (तिङन्त), Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Passive/medio-passive sense: ‘is honored/glorified’

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय), ‘thereafter/from there’

• tasmāt: from that (place/state)
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• paribhraṣṭaḥ: fallen down/declined
• paribhraṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari√bhraś (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• rājā: a king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Verb (तिङन्त), Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• dhārmikaḥ: righteous
• dhārmikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (predicate adjective of rājā)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the karmic results taught in the Kurma Purana’s dharma section)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Raja

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It contrasts temporary heavenly honor (Soma-loka) with continued transmigration, implying that merit alone yields finite results; liberation requires knowledge and yoga that realize the Atman beyond such worlds.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is named in this verse; it functions as karmaphala teaching—showing why the Kurma Purana elsewhere recommends disciplined dharma, devotion, and yogic realization (including Pashupata-oriented restraint and contemplation) to go beyond cyclical rebirth.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; indirectly, it supports the Purana’s synthesis by emphasizing that heavenly rewards are limited and that true freedom is attained through the higher, unified path of Ishvara-centered devotion and yoga taught across Shaiva–Vaishnava frames.