अथाश्वमेधात्संप्राप्यं गयाश्राद्धेन यत्फलम् । नीलसंज्ञगवोत्सर्गे तथात्रापि द्विजोत्तमाः
athāśvamedhātsaṃprāpyaṃ gayāśrāddhena yatphalam | nīlasaṃjñagavotsarge tathātrāpi dvijottamāḥ
يا أفضلَ ذوي الولادتين، إنّ الفضلَ الذي يُنال من قربانِ الأشفاميدها ومن إقامةِ الشِّرادها في غايا، يُنال كذلك هنا أيضًا بإطلاقِ البقرة المقدّسة المعروفة باسم «نِيلا» على وجه القُربة.
Sūta (contextual, continuing narration to the sages)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijottamas addressed
Scene: At a radiant white tīrtha, a brāhmaṇa devotee ceremonially releases or gifts a cow (Nīlā) with garlands; priests witness; in the background, symbolic icons of Aśvamedha and Gayā-śrāddha appear as faint vignettes to show equivalence.
Great tīrthas can bestow immense merit through accessible dharmic acts like go-dāna, equating them with major Vedic rites.
This verse continues the local tīrtha-mahātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa (Adhyāya 123), praising the place where Nīlā-named cow-gift yields supreme fruit.
Go-utsarga/go-dāna—ritually gifting or releasing a cow named “Nīlā” as a meritorious act.