Shloka 46

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

वैशग्पायन उवाच तत्राप्युपस्पृश्य बलो महात्मा दत्त्वा च दानानि पृथग्विधानि । अवाप्य धर्म परमार्थकर्मा जगाम सोमस्य महत्‌ सुतीर्थम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tatrāpy upaspṛśya balo mahātmā dattvā ca dānāni pṛthagvidhāni | avāpya dharmaṁ paramārthakarmā jagāma somasya mahat sutīrtham ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：大王啊，在那里，伟大的婆罗罗摩亦行净浴，又施与种种布施。得获法（dharma）之果，且以至高的精神旨趣而行事之后，他便前往苏摩之宏大而殊胜的圣渡。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उपस्पृश्य: having bathed (performed ablution)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• बलः: Bala (Balarama)
• बलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (बलराम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मा: great-souled
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

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

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पृथक्: separately/variously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• विधानि: of various kinds
• विधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• धर्मम्: merit/dharma (religious merit)
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमार्थकर्मा: whose actions are for the highest good
• परमार्थकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमार्थ-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुतीर्थम्: excellent sacred ford/pilgrimage-place
• सुतीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Balarāma
• Soma
• Sutīrtha (Soma’s great tīrtha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purity and charitable giving, when performed with paramārtha (the highest spiritual aim), are presented as dharmic acts that yield merit and guide one onward on a sacred path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Balarāma bathes at a tīrtha, gives various donations, gains the fruit of dharma, and then travels onward to Soma’s renowned sacred ford (sutīrtha).