Shloka 296

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

समाहूता ययौ तत्र पुण्ये हैमवते गिरौ । ब्रह्माजीने एक बार फिर पुण्यमय हिमालयपर्वतपर यज्ञ किया था। उस समय उनके आवाहन करनेपर भगवती सरस्वतीने विमलोदका नामसे प्रसिद्ध होकर वहाँ पदार्पण किया था

Transliteration

samāhūtā yayau tatra puṇye haimavate girau |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi được thỉnh mời, nàng đã đến đó—ngọn núi Himavat linh thiêng. Có lần, Phạm Thiên (Brahmā) cử hành tế lễ trên dãy Hi Mã Lạp Sơn đầy phúc đức; khi ấy, theo lời triệu thỉnh của Phạm Thiên, nữ thần Sarasvatī đã giáng lâm và được biết đến với danh xưng Vimalodakā.

Word by Word

समाहूताhaving been invoked/called

ययौwent

तत्रthere

पुण्येon the holy (mountain)

हैमवतेin/at (the) Himavat (Himalaya)

गिरौon the mountain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Himavat (Himalaya)

Sarasvatī

Brahmā

Vimalodakā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred acts performed with proper invocation and reverence are portrayed as drawing divine presence; the epithet Vimalodakā underscores the ethical-religious ideal of inner and outer purification through contact with the sacred.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that, upon being summoned, the goddess (understood as Sarasvatī) goes to the holy Himalayan mountain; the surrounding context explains that during Brahmā’s sacrifice there, she appeared and became celebrated as Vimalodakā.