Shloka 45

Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

तथा च सर्वाणा महार्णवानि तीर्थानि नद्यः स्त्रवणाः सरांसि संनिर्मितानीह महाभुजेन तच्चैक्यमागात् सलिलं महीषु

Transliteration

tathā ca sarvāṇā mahārṇavāni tīrthāni nadyaḥ stravaṇāḥ sarāṃsi saṃnirmitānīha mahābhujena taccaikyamāgāt salilaṃ mahīṣu

Translation

“Vì thế, mọi đại dương, các thánh địa tắm gội (tīrtha), sông ngòi, dòng suối chảy và hồ ao đều được Đấng Hùng Lực (Mighty-armed One) tạo dựng tại đây; và nước ấy đã tụ hội thành một thể thống nhất trên mặt đất.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: प्रकार (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (महārṇavāni/तीर्थानि इत्यादि)

• महārṇavāni: great oceans
• महārṇavāni: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तीर्थानि: sacred fords/holy places
• तीर्थानि: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्त्रवणाः: springs/streams (flowings)
• स्त्रवणाः: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• संनिर्मितानि: were constructed/formed
• संनिर्मितानि: क्रिया/विधेय (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा/मा (धातु) → निर्मित (कृदन्त, क्त) with सं- उपसर्ग
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (सर्वाणि ... ) इत्यस्य विधेय

• इह: here
• इह: देशाधिकरण (spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• महाभुजेन: by the mighty-armed (one)
• महाभुजेन: करण/कर्ता-हेतु (agent/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (महान्तौ भुजौ यस्य) = 'the mighty-armed one'

• तत्: that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (anaphoric reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र) पूर्वोक्त-वस्तुनिर्देश

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• ऐक्यम्: unity/oneness
• ऐक्यम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आगात्: attained/came to
• आगात्: क्रिया (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/लुङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महीषु: on the earth/among the lands
• महीषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Pulastya–Nārada dialogue frame (typical for tīrtha sections; exact speaker not explicit in this single verse)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implied/possible via epithet)
• Shiva (not explicit in this verse; relevant to the Purāṇa’s broader non-sectarian framing)

Key Themes

• Tīrtha-māhātmya
• Sacred geography
• Cosmic ordering of waters
• Pilgrimage ideology

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse frames sacred geography as intentionally “made” (saṃnirmitāni) rather than accidental: tīrthas are loci where the world is ordered toward purification. Ethically, it supports pilgrimage and reverence for water-bodies as instruments of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-diminution) and dharma-support.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily within Sarga/Pratisarga-style cosmological ordering applied to terrestrial sacred space (a localized ‘creation’ of tīrthas). In Purāṇic taxonomy it also aligns with ‘tīrtha-māhātmya’ material, often embedded alongside cosmography.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘aikya’ (unity) of waters symbolizes convergence: diverse rivers and tīrthas function as many access-points to one purifying principle. In non-sectarian Purāṇic reading, this can mirror the text’s broader harmonizing impulse—many forms and names, one sanctifying reality.