Shloka 1243
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् । महर्षियो! आजसे तुम्हारे धर्मकी उत्तरोत्तर वृद्धि होती रहेगी। नरश्रेष्ठ) उस रुद्रकोटिमें स्नान करके शुद्ध हुआ मनुष्य अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल पाता और अपने कुलका उद्धार कर देता है
aśvamedham avāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet | maharṣayaḥ! ājase tubhyaṃ dharmasya uttarottarā vṛddhir bhaviṣyati | naraśreṣṭha! asmin rudrakoṭe snātvā śuddho manuṣya aśvamedhayajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti sva-kulasya ca uddhāraṃ karoti |
Ghūlastya said: “By bathing at this Rudrakoṭi and becoming purified, a person attains the merit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice and brings deliverance to his lineage. O great seers—Ajasa—may the growth of dharma for you increase ever more. O best of men, one who is cleansed by bathing here gains the fruit of the Aśvamedha and uplifts his family.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that sincere purification at a sacred tīrtha can yield extraordinary spiritual merit—comparable to major royal sacrifices—and that such merit is ethically framed as strengthening dharma and benefiting one’s lineage.
Ghūlastya addresses sages and a person named Ajasa, praising the sacred power of the Rudrakoṭi bathing-place: bathing there purifies a person, grants the fruit of the Aśvamedha, and is said to uplift the bather’s family line.