Shloka 26
Cyavana’s Reconciliation with Indra; Tīrtha-Indexing at Ārcīka-parvata and Yamunā
Chapter 125
अत्र राजा महेष्वासो मान्धातायजत स्वयम् | साहदेविश्व कौन्तेय सोमको ददतां वर:
atra rājā maheṣvāso māndhātāyajata svayam | sāhadeviśva kaunteya somako dadatāṃ varaḥ ||
হে কুন্তীনন্দন! এখানেই মহাধনুর্ধর রাজা মান্ধাতা স্বয়ং যজ্ঞ করেছিলেন; আর এখানেই সহদেবপুত্র সোমক—দানীদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ—যজ্ঞকর্ম সম্পন্ন করেছিলেন।
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places gain authority through the accumulated dharmic acts performed there; yajña (sacrifice) and dāna (generosity) are held up as exemplary duties whose memory sanctifies a tīrtha and encourages ethical conduct by later generations.
Lomaśa, guiding the Pāṇḍavas on pilgrimage, points out the Yamunā as a revered river-bank where famed kings—Māndhātṛ and Somaka—performed sacrifices, using their examples to highlight the site’s purifying and merit-bestowing character.