Shloka 15
Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative
कालज्ञानगतिश्ैव ज्योतिषां च व्यतिक्रम: । उत्पाता दारुणाश्वैव शुभाश्न जनमेजय
kālajñānagatiś caiva jyotiṣāṃ ca vyatikramaḥ | utpātā dāruṇāś caiva śubhāś ca janamejaya ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا جاناميجايا، هناك (عند المَخاض المقدّس على نهر ساراسفتي) عرف الحكيم العظيم، الشيخ غارغا—وقد طهّر باطنه بالتقشّف—جميع هذه الأمور: علم الزمان (كالا) ومساره، واضطراب حركات الأجرام النيّرة، والنُّذُر المفزعة، وكذلك العلامات الميمونة. فصار ذلك الموضع المقدّس يُعرَف باسمه: “غارغاسروتا”».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity and inner purity are presented as foundations for higher discernment: the sage Garga, purified by tapas, gains insight into Kāla (Time) and the reading of auspicious and inauspicious signs, implying that moral-spiritual discipline supports clear perception of cosmic order.
In the tīrtha-context on the Sarasvatī, the narrator explains that the aged sage Garga acquired knowledge of Time’s course, astral irregularities, and omens at that sacred place; the site becomes known as Gargasrota, linking sacred geography with remembered sage-activity and foreshadowing events through portents.