Shloka 27

Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits

Devanagari script

एतत्तीर्थं समासाद्य यस्तुप्राणान्परित्यजेत् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा व्रजते यत्र शंकरः

Transliteration

etattīrthaṃ samāsādya yastuprāṇānparityajet | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā vrajate yatra śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

Ai đến được thánh địa (tīrtha) này rồi xả bỏ hơi thở mạng sống, sẽ được gột sạch mọi tội lỗi và đi về cõi nơi Śaṅkara (Śiva) ngự trị.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (Pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तीर्थम् इति विशेष्यं

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (of समासाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले — “having reached/approached”

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (of परित्यजेत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थ (emphasis/contrast)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths, life
• प्राणान्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (of परित्यजेत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परित्यजेत्: should give up (die)
• परित्यजेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is purified of all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (of व्रजते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विशुद्ध + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि: सर्वैः पापैः विशुद्धः आत्मा यस्य सः = whose self is purified of all sins

• व्रजते: goes
• व्रजते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/Indicative), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Locative adverb: place-relative)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (of implied ‘is/abides’ in relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within the Svarga-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: एतत्तीर्थम् → एतत् + तीर्थम्; यस्तु → यः + तु; प्राणान्परित्यजेत् → प्राणान् + परित्यजेत्.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the spiritual power of a tīrtha?

It presents the tīrtha as a place of exceptional merit: reaching it and dying there is said to cleanse all sins and grant access to Śaṅkara’s abode.

Does the verse promote suicide at a holy place?

The wording describes “giving up the life-breath” after reaching the tīrtha, a common Purāṇic motif about the merit of dying in sacred geography; it is typically framed as the fruit of providential death in a holy place rather than an ethical instruction to self-harm.

What is the ethical or devotional lesson implied here?

It emphasizes faith in sacred places and the transformative aim of purification (viśuddhātmā), linking tīrtha-visit and devotion to Śiva with the hope of liberation or divine proximity.