Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
तम्मिंस्तीर्थे महाबाहो स्नात्वा पापै: प्रमुच्यते । गड्जायां तु नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी समाहित:
tasmiṁs tīrthe mahābāho snātvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate | gaḍjāyāṁ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ ||
মহাবাহো! সেই তীৰ্থত স্নান কৰিলে মানুহ পাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়। আৰু গঙ্গাত স্নান কৰি সি ব্ৰহ্মচাৰী হৈ সমাহিতচিত্ত হয়।
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is presented as a means of moral purification, but its deeper fruit is ethical transformation: renewed self-restraint (brahmacarya) and mental composure (samāhita).
Pulastya continues a tīrtha-māhātmya-style instruction, describing the spiritual benefits of bathing at a particular sacred place and specifically at the Gaḍjā, emphasizing liberation from sin and the cultivation of disciplined conduct.