Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, 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 ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— জনমেজয়! সৰস্বতীৰ সেই শুভ তীৰ্থত তপস্যাৰে পৱিত্ৰ অন্তঃকৰণ হোৱা মহাত্মা বৃদ্ধ গৰ্গে কালজ্ঞান, কালৰ গতি, গ্ৰহ-নক্ষত্ৰৰ ব্যতিক্ৰম, ভয়ংকৰ উৎপাত আৰু শুভ লক্ষণ—এই সকলো বিষয় সম্যকভাৱে জানিলে। তেওঁৰ নামতেই সেই তীৰ্থ ‘গৰ্গস্ৰোত’ বুলি প্ৰসিদ্ধ হ’ল।
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.
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