Shloka 10
Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits
यान्यान्प्रार्थयते कामान्पशुपुत्रधनानि च । प्राप्नुयात्तानि सर्वाणि तत्र स्नात्वा नराधिप
yānyānprārthayate kāmānpaśuputradhanāni ca | prāpnuyāttāni sarvāṇi tatra snātvā narādhipa
Tâu bậc quân vương, bất cứ điều gì người ta cầu nguyện—gia súc, con trai, tài sản và các điều khác—đều đạt được trọn vẹn nhờ tắm gội nơi ấy.
Unspecified (narrator addressing a king: 'narādhipa')
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यान्यान्प्रार्थयते = यानि + यान् + प्रार्थयते; कामान्पशुपुत्रधनानि = कामान् + पशुपुत्रधनानि; प्राप्नुयात्तानि = प्राप्नुयात् + तानि
FAQs
It emphasizes tīrtha-snāna—ritual bathing at a sacred place—as a means to obtain desired worldly outcomes.
The verse lists common household aims—cattle, progeny (sons/children), and wealth—stating that one attains whatever one prays for by bathing there.
Even though the verse speaks in material terms, it frames sacred bathing and prayer as disciplined, faith-based action (karma with śraddhā) undertaken in a sanctified context.