Shloka 95

Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits

Devanagari script

स्नातमात्रो नरस्तत्र रुद्रलोके महीयते / पितॄणां तर्पणं कृत्वा मुच्यते ऽसावॄणत्रयात्

Transliteration

snātamātro narastatra rudraloke mahīyate / pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā mucyate 'sāvṝṇatrayāt

Translation

وہاں صرف غسل کر لینے سے انسان رُدرلوک میں معزز ہوتا ہے۔ اور پِتروں کا ترپن کر کے وہ تینوں قرضوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• स्नातमात्रः: merely by bathing
• स्नातमात्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्नातः मात्रः’ (अवधारणार्थे) — ‘केवलं स्नातः’

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘रुद्रस्य लोकः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु) (आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः — ‘महिमानं प्राप्नोति/पूज्यते’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तर्पणम्: the offering (tarpana)
• तर्पणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — पूर्वक्रिया

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऋणत्रयात्: from the three debts
• ऋणत्रयात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘त्रयम् ऋणम्’ (द्विगु)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana discourse of tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma to the assembled sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: it frames liberation as beginning with purification (tīrtha-snana) and dharma (pitṛ-tarpaṇa), which remove binding obligations (ṛṇa-traya) that obscure steady self-knowledge.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Not a meditation technique per se, but a preparatory discipline: ritual purity through sacred bathing and pitṛ-tarpaṇa, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s dharma-based foundations that support higher yogic steadiness.

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

By presenting Rudra-loka as a meritorious goal attained through dharmic acts endorsed within a Vaishnava Purana, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony: devotion and duty lead to divine grace across sectarian forms.