Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पापेंधनदवाग्निश्च गर्भवासविनाशनः । विष्णुलोकाय मोक्षाय जाह्नवः परिकीर्तितः ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

pāpeṃdhanadavāgniśca garbhavāsavināśanaḥ | viṣṇulokāya mokṣāya jāhnavaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 28 ||

Translation

جاہنوی (گنگا) گناہوں کے ایندھن کو جنگل کی آگ کی طرح جلا دیتی ہے، رحم میں بار بار ٹھہرنے کے بندھن کو مٹا دیتی ہے، اور وشنو لوک و نجاتِ کامل (موکش) تک پہنچانے والی کہی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक (stem in compound)

• इन्धन: fuel
• इन्धन: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे मध्यपद-प्रातिपदिक (stem in compound)

• दवाग्निः: forest-fire
• दवाग्निः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दव + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दवस्य अग्निः)

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

• गर्भ: womb
• गर्भ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, समासे पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक (stem in compound)

• वास: dwelling/stay
• वास: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, समासे मध्यपद-प्रातिपदिक (stem in compound)

• विनाशनः: destroyer (remover)
• विनाशनः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गर्भवासस्य विनाशनः)

• विष्णुलोकाय: for Vishnu’s world
• विष्णुलोकाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः)

• मोक्षाय: for liberation
• मोक्षाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• जाह्नवः: Jāhnavā (the Ganga)
• जाह्नवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तितः: is proclaimed/celebrated
• परिकीर्तितः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक (described/celebrated as)

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Jahnavi (Ganga)
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It declares Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) as a supremely purifying tīrtha whose contact/remembrance burns sins and supports the highest goal—attaining Viṣṇu’s abode and mokṣa—by cutting the cycle of repeated embodiment (garbha-vāsa).

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By linking Gaṅgā’s sanctity directly to Viṣṇu-loka and mokṣa, the verse frames tīrtha-sevā (reverent bathing, remembrance, and praise) as an act aligned with Viṣṇu-bhakti, where purification becomes a support for single-pointed devotion and liberation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is tīrtha-vidhi in Purāṇic dharma—using sacred geography and ritual purity (snāna, smaraṇa, kīrtana of Gaṅgā) as prescribed religious practice.