Shloka 22
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
महामते कुरुनन्दन! पुष्करमें तीनों समय दस सहस्र कोटि (दस अरब) तीर्थोका निवास रहता है ।। आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा: साध्याक्ष समरुद्गणा: । गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्लैव नित्यं संनिहिता विभो
Ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyāś ca samarudgaṇāḥ | gandharvāpsarasaś caiva nityaṃ saṃnihitā vibho ||
মহামতি কুৰুনন্দন! পুষ্কৰত তিনিও কালতে দশ সহস্ৰ কোটি তীৰ্থৰ নিবাস। তাত আদিত্য, বসু, ৰুদ্ৰ, সাধ্য, মৰুদ্গণ আৰু গন্ধৰ্ব-অপ্সৰাসকলেও, হে বিভো, নিত্য সন্নিহিত থাকে॥
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the exceptional sanctity of Puṣkara by portraying it as a place of constant divine presence; therefore, dharmic conduct—pilgrimage, worship, self-restraint, and truthful living—performed there is understood to yield amplified spiritual merit.
A speaker (here attributed as Ghūlastya) describes Puṣkara as a supremely holy tīrtha where multiple classes of gods and celestial beings are perpetually assembled, thereby praising the site and encouraging reverent pilgrimage.