Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये कार्षाग्निं यस्तु साधयेत् / अहीनाङ्गो ऽप्यरोगश्च पञ्चेन्द्रियसमन्वितः

Transliteration

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye kārṣāgniṃ yastu sādhayet / ahīnāṅgo 'pyarogaśca pañcendriyasamanvitaḥ

Translation

جو گنگا اور یمنا کے درمیان ‘کارشاغنی’ نامی تپسیا کو باقاعدہ انجام دے، وہ جسمانی نقص اور بیماری سے آزاد ہو کر پانچوں حواس کی کامل قوت پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• गङ्गायमुनयोः: of the Ganga and Yamuna
• गङ्गायमुनयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा+यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (गङ्गा च यमुना च)

• मध्ये: in the midst; between
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• कार्षाग्निम्: the kārṣa fire (a ritual fire)
• कार्षाग्निम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्ष+अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कार्षः अग्निः—विशेषाग्निः/ritual fire)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• साधयेत्: should accomplish; should perform
• साधयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √साध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहीनाङ्गः: having no deficient limbs; whole-bodied
• अहीनाङ्गः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+हीन+अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य अङ्गानि न हीनानि)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• अरोगः: free from disease
• अरोगः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पञ्चेन्द्रियसमन्वितः: endowed with the five senses
• पञ्चेन्द्रियसमन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च+इन्द्रिय+समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त (सम्+√इ ‘to go/possess’ → समन्वित ‘endowed’); समासः—तत्पुरुष (पञ्चेन्द्रियैः समन्वितः)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic teaching on tīrtha and tapas (within the Kurma Purana’s discourse tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: it frames purification through tapas and sacred geography as preparing the embodied person—healthy, whole, sense-balanced—for higher realization (ātma-jñāna), rather than defining Ātman explicitly.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It emphasizes tapas (austerity) as a yogic limb: disciplined practice that purifies the body and stabilizes the senses (pañcendriya-samanvita), aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader stress on restraint and practice-oriented liberation.

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

This verse is primarily tīrtha–tapas focused; it supports the Purana’s synthesis by valuing ascetic discipline (central to Śaiva/Pāśupata ethos) within a Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa framework, presenting tapas as universally efficacious.