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Shloka 73

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च रुद्रं देवगणैर्वृतम्‌ जन्मप्रभूति यत्‌ पापं तत्‌ स्नातस्य प्रणश्यति

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca rudraṃ devagaṇair vṛtam | janmaprabhūti yat pāpaṃ tat snātasya praṇaśyati ||

Tại đó, nhờ tắm gội và uống dòng nước thiêng, người ta được chiêm bái Rudra, đấng được các đoàn thần linh vây quanh. Mọi tội lỗi tích tụ từ thuở mới sinh đều tiêu tan đối với kẻ đã tắm ở nơi ấy.

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (स्नान)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रुद्रम्Rudra (Śiva)
रुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
देवगणैःby groups of gods
देवगणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवगण
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
वृतम्surrounded
वृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत (√वृ, संवरणे) / वृ (to cover, surround)
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, accusative, singular
जन्मप्रभूतिfrom birth onward
जन्मप्रभूति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजन्मप्रभूति
यत्which/whatever
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
स्नातस्यof the one who has bathed
स्नातस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootस्नात (√स्ना)
Formक्त (past passive participle used substantively), masculine, genitive, singular
प्रणश्यतिperishes/is destroyed
प्रणश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नश् (नश्यति)
Formpresent, indicative, active, third, singular

घुलस्त्य उवाच

R
Rudra (Śiva)
D
devagaṇa (hosts of gods)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that sincere engagement with a sacred tīrtha—symbolized by bathing and drinking its water—can eradicate deep-seated moral impurity (pāpa) accumulated from birth, emphasizing purification through devotion and righteous approach.

The speaker describes a holy place where, after bathing and drinking, one is granted a vision of Rudra attended by divine hosts, and the act of bathing there is said to annihilate sins accrued since birth.