Shloka 43

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

कलविड्क उपस्पृश्य विद्याच्च बहुशो जलम्‌ | अग्ने: पुरे नर: स्नात्वा अग्निकन्यापुरे वसेत्‌

Transliteration

Kalaviḍka upaspṛśya vidyāc ca bahuśo jalam | Agneḥ pure naraḥ snātvā agnikanyāpure vaset ||

Translation

阿阇陀利耶说道：“在迦罗毗陀迦（Kalaviḍka）行净身之礼，并屡次以水沐洗者，所得功德等同于在众多圣渡口沐浴。又，凡在阿耆尼之处（Agneḥ-pura，火神阿耆尼的圣地）沐浴者，将得居于阿耆尼女城（Agnikanyāpura，火神之女的城界）。”

Word by Word

• कलविड्कम्: Kalaviḍka (tīrtha/place-name)
• कलविड्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलविड्क
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having touched/abluted (by contact with water)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having touched/abluted)

• विद्यात्: should know/should obtain (the merit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Prior action (having bathed)

• अग्निकन्यापुरे: in Agnikanyā-pura (city of Agni’s daughter; place-name)
• अग्निकन्यापुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निकन्यापुर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/should reside (attains residence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya
• Kalaviḍka (tīrtha)
• Agni
• Agneḥpura (Agni’s sacred place)
• Agnikanyāpura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purity and disciplined pilgrimage practices (ablution and tīrtha-bathing) are presented as dharmic acts that generate great merit—sometimes equated with the fruits of many pilgrimages—and can lead to exalted post-mortem destinations.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker is listing the merits (phala) of specific sacred places: purification at Kalaviḍka is said to yield the benefit of bathing at many tīrthas, and bathing at Agni’s sacred site grants residence in Agnikanyāpura.