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Shloka 62

Description of the Rules for Charitable Gifts and Related Rites

Gaṅgā-māhātmya

Devanagari script

क्रीडते शांकरे वापि स्तुतो देवादिभिर्मुदा । भूमिरेण्वब्दसंख्याकं कालं स्थित्वा च तत्र सः ॥ ६२ ॥

Transliteration

krīḍate śāṃkare vāpi stuto devādibhirmudā | bhūmireṇvabdasaṃkhyākaṃ kālaṃ sthitvā ca tatra saḥ || 62 ||

Translation

وہ وہاں شَانکر لوک میں بھی سیر و تفریح کرتا ہے، اور دیوتا وغیرہ خوشی سے اس کی ستائش کرتے ہیں؛ پھر زمین کے غبار کے ذروں کی تعداد کے برابر برسوں تک وہاں ٹھہر کر اسی مقام میں قائم رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word
क्रीडतेsports/plays
क्रीडते:
Kriyā (क्रिया / Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootक्रीड् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; 3rd person singular
शाङ्करेin Śaṅkara’s (realm/place)
शाङ्करे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootशाङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; qualifying (लोके/स्थाने implied)
वाor
वा:
Vikalpa (विकल्प / Alternative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)
अपिalso
अपि:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय / Addition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also/even)
स्तुतःpraised
स्तुतः:
Karta (कर्ता / Subject—predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त; past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘praised’
देव-आदिभिःby the gods and others
देव-आदिभिः:
Karaṇa (करणम् / Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; ‘by gods and others’
मुदाwith joy
मुदा:
Hetu/Sahakāri (हेतु/सहकारी / Manner)
TypeNoun
Rootमुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (adverbial)
भूमि-रेणु-अब्द-संख्याकम्for a time measured as earth-dust-particle years (i.e., innumerable years)
भूमि-रेणु-अब्द-संख्याकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम् / Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूमि + रेणु + अब्द + संख्याक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; qualifying कालम्; ‘having the number of years equal to (the count of) dust-particles of the earth’
कालम्for (that) time
कालम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम् / Duration)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (duration)
स्थित्वाhaving remained
स्थित्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया / Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त; ल्यप्)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having stayed/remained’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय / Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता / Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
Speaker

Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting the phala (result) within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śaṅkara (Śiva)
D
Devas

FAQs

It highlights the phala (result) of great merit: the devotee attains a divine realm, is honored by devas, and enjoys exalted, long-lasting celestial auspiciousness.

By presenting divine praise and proximity to a deity’s realm as the fruit of devotion and sacred practice, it reinforces that sincere worship culminates in divine companionship and honor.

No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; it functions as a phala-śruti within tīrtha-māhātmya, emphasizing the measurable “kāla” (time-span) of merit’s results.

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