Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 6
Narrative of Sumanā: The Quest for a Worthy Son and the Karmic Roots of Poverty
गंगातीरे स्थितं पुण्यमाश्रमस्थं द्विजोत्तमम् । तेजोज्वालासमाकीर्णं द्वितीयमिव भास्करम्
gaṃgātīre sthitaṃ puṇyamāśramasthaṃ dvijottamam | tejojvālāsamākīrṇaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram
گنگا کے کنارے ایک پاک آشرم میں مقیم برہمنوں میں برتر دِوِج کھڑا تھا؛ نورِ تپاں سے گھرا ہوا، گویا دوسرا سورج۔
Narrator (context not provided to identify a named speaker with certainty)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: river
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुण्यमाश्रमस्थं = पुण्यम् + आश्रमस्थम् (मकार-सन्धि); तेजोज्वाला- = तेजः + ज्वाला (विसर्ग→ओ)
FAQs
It places spiritual excellence directly on the Gaṅgā’s bank, presenting the river as a sanctifying landscape where āśramas and realized sages naturally belong.
While the verse foregrounds tapas-like radiance and āśrama life, it supports the broader Purāṇic ideal that devotion and purity flourish in sacred spaces such as the Gaṅgā tīra, where holy persons reside.
True spiritual stature is portrayed as purity and inner luminosity—an exemplary life of discipline and sanctity that inspires others, likened to the sun’s light.