Shloka 18

Cyavana’s Reconciliation with Indra; Tīrtha-Indexing at Ārcīka-parvata and Yamunā

Chapter 125

Devanagari script

शृज्भाणि त्रीणि पुण्यानि त्रीणि प्रस्रवणानि च । सर्वाण्यनुपरिक्रम्प यथाकाममुपस्पृश

Transliteration

śṛṅgāṇi trīṇi puṇyāni trīṇi prasravaṇāni ca | sarvāṇy anuparikramya yathākāmam upaspṛśa, yudhiṣṭhira! |

Translation

Lomāśa nói: “Hỡi Yudhiṣṭhira, nơi đây có ba đỉnh núi thiêng và ba mạch suối thánh. Hãy nhiễu quanh tất cả theo đúng trật tự, tùy theo ý muốn, rồi hãy tắm gội (làm lễ tẩy rửa) theo điều ngươi ước.”

Word by Word

• शृङ्गाणि: peaks, summits
• शृङ्गाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पुण्यानि: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• प्रस्रवणानि: springs, waterfalls
• प्रस्रवणानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वाणि: all (of them)
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनुपरिक्रम्य: having circumambulated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-परि-क्रम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• यथाकामम्: as desired, at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + काम

• उपस्पृश: touch (the water), bathe
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√स्पृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• three sacred peaks (śṛṅgāṇi)
• three springs (prasravaṇāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic pilgrimage practice: respectfully circumambulating sacred sites and performing ritual bathing for purification, cultivating reverence and inner discipline rather than mere travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa guides Yudhiṣṭhira during the Pāṇḍavas’ forest pilgrimage, pointing out a cluster of holy natural features—three peaks and three springs—and instructing him to circumambulate them and bathe.