Shloka 30

The Vow of the Bed of Good Fortune (Saubhāgya-śayana) and the Saubhāgyāṣṭaka

Devanagari script

स्थापयेत्स्निग्धनिष्पावान्कुसुंभक्षीरजीरकम् । तरुराजेक्षुलवणं कुस्तुंबुरुमथाष्टमम्

Transliteration

sthāpayetsnigdhaniṣpāvānkusuṃbhakṣīrajīrakam | tarurājekṣulavaṇaṃ kustuṃburumathāṣṭamam

Translation

当陈设（为供品之料）：油润的尼湿婆瓦豆（niṣpāva）、红花（kusumbha）、乳、孜然；并加树王草（tarurāja）、甘蔗、盐，以及第八的香菜（kustumburu）。

Word by Word

• स्थापयेत्: should place/set
• स्थापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातुः—स्था; causative sense (णिच्) implied: स्थापयति

• स्निग्धनिष्पावान्: oily cakes
• स्निग्धनिष्पावान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्निग्ध-निष्पाव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—स्निग्धाः निष्पावाः (oily cakes)

• कुसुम्भक्षीरजीरकम्: safflower, milk, and cumin (together)
• कुसुम्भक्षीरजीरकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम्भ-क्षीर-जीरक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः—कुसुम्भं च क्षीरं च जीरकं च (as a combined offering)

• तरुराज: on/at the ‘king of trees’
• तरुराज: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु-राज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तरूणां राजा (best of trees; i.e., a tree/plant used as locus)

• इक्षुलवणम्: sugarcane and salt (together)
• इक्षुलवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु-लवण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः—इक्षुः च लवणं च

• कुस्तुम्बुरु: coriander (seed/plant)
• कुस्तुम्बुरु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुस्तुम्बुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अथ: then; next
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle)

• अष्टमम्: the eighth
• अष्टमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (the eighth item)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent; this verse reads as an instructional prescription within the narrative).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्थापयेत्स्निग्धनिष्पावान् = स्थापयेत् + स्निग्धनिष्पावान्; स्निग्धनिष्पावान्कुसुम्भ... = स्निग्धनिष्पावान् + कुसुम्भ... (न् + क → ङ्क/अनुस्वार-परिवर्तन लेखनभेद); कुस्तुंबुरुमथाष्टमम् = कुस्तुम्बुरु + अथ + अष्टमम्

FAQs

Is this verse describing a ritual offering or a medicinal/culinary preparation?

The verse is phrased as a practical instruction listing items to be ‘placed/arranged,’ which commonly fits either an offering-preparation or a recipe-like preparation. Without the surrounding verses of Adhyaya 29, the safest reading is that it is an ingredient list used for a prescribed preparation in context.

What is meant by “tarurāja” here?

Tarurāja is a plant-name (literally “king of trees”). Many Purāṇic and nighaṇṭu sources use such epithets for specific botanicals; identifying the exact modern species typically requires the chapter’s broader topic and traditional commentarial glosses.

What is the main takeaway of the verse?

It preserves a traditional enumerative instruction: a specific set of eight items (ending with coriander as the eighth) to be included in a prescribed preparation, reflecting the Padma Purāṇa’s encyclopedic, practical-detail style even within a cosmological/ritual corpus.