Shloka 583
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
स स्नात्वा प्राप्स्यते लोकान् देहन्यासात् सुदुर्लभान् | “जो इस तीर्थमें एकाग्रचित्त होकर एक रात निवास करेगा
sa snātvā prāpsyate lokān dehanyāsāt sudurlabhān |
قال فايشَمبايانا: «من أقام عند هذا المَعبر المقدّس (تيرثا tīrtha) ليلةً واحدةً بقلبٍ مُركَّز، ثم اغتسل هنا، وبعد ذلك حين يضع الجسد جانبًا (عند الموت)، نال تلك العوالم ذات الفضل—عوالم يعسر على غيره بلوغها غاية العسر».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brief, disciplined observance at a tīrtha—especially an overnight stay with concentrated mind and a purifying bath—is presented as a powerful dharmic act whose fruit extends beyond this life, granting access to rare meritorious realms after death.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration of the tīrtha-mahātmya within Śalya Parva, the sanctity and rewards of a particular pilgrimage site are being described, promising exceptional posthumous attainments to one who performs the prescribed stay and bath with focused intent.