Shloka 3

Kāśī-māhātmya: Avimukta Gaṅgā and the Pañcanada Tīrtha

Devanagari script

अविमुक्तकृतं यत्तु पापं वज्रं भवेच्छुभे । त्रैलोक्ये यानि तीर्थानि मोक्षदानि च कृत्स्नशः ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

avimuktakṛtaṃ yattu pāpaṃ vajraṃ bhavecchubhe | trailokye yāni tīrthāni mokṣadāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ || 3 ||

Translation

Hỡi người cát tường, mọi tội gây tại Avimukta trở nên cứng như kim cang sét. Và tất thảy các thánh địa trong ba cõi—những nơi ban giải thoát—đều hiện diện trọn vẹn tại đó.

Word by Word

• अविमुक्त-कृतम्: done in Avimukta
• अविमुक्त-कृतम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; ‘that which is done’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त ‘कृत’; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: ‘अविमुक्ते कृतम्’

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (emphasis/adversative particle)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वज्रम्: a thunderbolt/diamond (hard)
• वज्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); उपमान/प्रत्यय (predicate nominative)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यानि: which (all)
• यानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मोक्ष-दानि: granting liberation
• मोक्ष-दानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मोक्षस्य दानि’ (giving liberation)

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

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely/in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Avimukta/Tirtha-Mahatmya context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta

FAQs

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

It teaches that Avimukta is an exceptionally potent kṣetra: actions there carry intensified karmic weight, and it is praised as containing the full merit of all mokṣa-giving tīrthas.

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

By exalting Avimukta as a liberation-giving sacred field, the verse implies that reverent presence, worship, and disciplined conduct in such a kṣetra support mokṣa—core aims of bhakti practiced with purity and restraint.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual/prayoga-oriented dharma is implied: tīrtha-yātrā and kṣetra-niyama (rules of conduct in holy places), emphasizing that place-specific rites and ethical restraints affect karmic outcomes.