Shloka 20
Gaya’s Seven Aśvamedhas, Payoṣṇī Snāna, and the Śaryāti Sacrifice Locale
Lomaśa–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue
संधिरेष नरश्रेष्ठ त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च । एनमासाद्य कौन्तेय सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते,नरश्रेष्ठ! यह वैदूर्यपर्वत त्रेता और द्वापरकी सन्धिमें प्रकट हुआ है, इसके निकट जाकर मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है
sandhireṣa naraśreṣṭha tretāyā dvāparasya ca | enam āsādya kaunteya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
قال لُوماشَة: «يا أفضلَ الرجال، يا ابنَ كُنتي، هذا هو الملتقى المقدّس بين عصر تريتَا وعصر دْوابَرا. ومن أتى إلى حضرته انعتق من جميع الآثام.» وتُصوِّر العبارةُ المكانَ عتبةً أخلاقيةً وطقسيةً، يُعتقد أن ملامسة الموضع المُقدَّس فيها تغسل الزلل وتجدّد مقام المرء في الاستقامة على الدَّرما.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain sacred thresholds—especially the transition points of cosmic time (yuga-sandhi)—are regarded as exceptionally purifying; approaching them symbolizes ethical renewal and release from accumulated wrongdoing.
During the pilgrimage discourse in the Vana Parva, the sage Lomaśa points out a revered site to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying it as the junction of the Tretā and Dvāpara ages and praising its power to cleanse sins for those who come near it.