Shloka 24
मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement
अघोषयन्त पुरुषास्तत्र केशवशासनात् । तीर्थयात्रा समुद्रे व: कार्येति पुरुषर्षभा:,भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके आदेशसे राजकीय पुरुषोंने उस पुरीमें यह घोषणा कर दी कि 'पुरुषप्रवर यादवो! तुम्हें समुद्रमें ही तीर्थयात्राके लिये चलना चाहिये। अर्थात् सबको प्रभासक्षेत्रमें उपस्थित होना चाहिये”
aghoṣayanta puruṣās tatra keśavaśāsanāt | tīrthayātrā samudre vaḥ kāryeti puruṣarṣabhāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: At Keśava’s command, the royal attendants there made a public proclamation: “O best of men (O foremost among the Yādavas), you must undertake a pilgrimage to the sea; you are to set out for the sacred coastal tīrtha.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a religious duty (tīrthayātrā) as an obligation issued under divine authority (Keśava’s command), highlighting how dharmic acts can also serve a larger, fated moral order beyond human calculation.
Royal attendants, acting on Kṛṣṇa’s instruction, publicly announce that the people addressed (implicitly the Yādavas) must go on a pilgrimage to the sea—an announcement that leads toward the gathering at the coastal sacred region associated with the coming catastrophe at Prabhāsa.