Shloka 54

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

तत्र कालंजरं गत्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । आत्मानं साधयेत्तत्र गिरौ कालंजरे नृप

Transliteration

tatra kālaṃjaraṃ gatvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | ātmānaṃ sādhayettatra girau kālaṃjare nṛpa

Translation

前往迦兰阇罗（Kālañjara）者，得如施舍千牛之功德。于迦兰阇罗山上，王啊，当修持苦行（tapas），以成就自我圆满。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb) — ‘there’

• कालंजरम्: Kālañjara
• कालंजरम्: Karma (कर्म; गत्यर्थे गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालंजर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘Kālañjara (mountain/place)’

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having gone’

• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: the fruit of a thousand cows
• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘merit equal to a thousand cows’

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘may obtain’

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘oneself/the self’

• साधयेत्: should accomplish/attain
• साधयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘should accomplish/propitiate’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — ‘there’

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘on the mountain’

• कालंजरे: in Kālañjara
• कालंजरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालंजर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘on/in Kālañjara’

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative address

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king, 'nṛpa')

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कालंजरं = कालंजरम्; गोसहस्रफलं = गो-सहस्र-फलम्; साधयेत्तत्र = साधयेत् तत्र; कालंजरे (पाठे) = कालंजर-े (सप्तमी एकवचन)।

Characters & Entities

• Kālañjara

FAQs

What does this verse say about Kālañjara as a sacred place?

It presents Kālañjara as a tīrtha where pilgrimage yields great religious merit and where one should practice spiritual discipline for inner attainment.

What is meant by “the fruit of a thousand cows” (gosahasraphala)?

It is a conventional Purāṇic measure of puṇya (merit), equating the benefit of visiting Kālañjara with the merit traditionally attributed to donating a thousand cows.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is emphasized here?

The verse links outer pilgrimage with inner practice: sacred travel is praised, but it is paired with sādhana/tapas—self-cultivation aimed at self-perfection.