Shloka 114
शशयानं च राजेन्द्र तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम् । शशरूपप्रतिच्छन्ना: पुष्करा यत्र भारत,राजेन्द्र! शशयान नामक तीर्थ अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है। उसमें जाकर स्नान करे। महाराज भारत! वहाँ सरस्वती नदीमें प्रतिवर्ष कार्तिकी पूर्णिमाको शश (खरगोश)-के रूपमें छिपे हुए पुष्करतीर्थ देखे जाते हैं। भरतश्रेष्ठ! नरव्याप्र! वहाँ स्नान करके मनुष्य सदा चन्द्रमाके समान प्रकाशित होता है। भरतकुलतिलक! उसे सहस्न गोदानका फल भी मिलता है
śaśayānaṃ ca rājendra tīrtham āsādya durlabham | śaśarūpapraticchannāḥ puṣkarā yatra bhārata ||
Ghūlastya said: “O king, there is a rare and hard-to-reach sacred ford called Śaśayāna. O Bhārata, there the Puṣkara-tīrthas are said to be concealed in the form of a hare. By bathing there, a man shines ever like the Moon and gains merit equal to the gift of a thousand cows.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes tīrtha-yātrā and snāna as dharmic practices: reaching rare sacred places with faith and discipline is said to purify and confer radiance and great merit, symbolically equated with major gifts like go-dāna.
A sage-like speaker (Ghūlastya) instructs the king (addressed as Rājendra/Bhārata) about a particular rare pilgrimage site named Śaśayāna, describing its wondrous feature—Puṣkara-tīrthas concealed in a hare-form—and the spiritual rewards of bathing there.