Shloka 57
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
पिड़तीर्थमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्म॒चारी जितेन्द्रिय: । कपिलानां नरश्रेष्ठ शतस्य फलमश्चुते,नरश्रेष्ठ! पिंगतीर्थमें स्नान एवं आचमन करके ब्रह्मचारी एवं जितेन्द्रिय मनुष्य सौ कपिलाओंके-दानका फल प्राप्त कर लेता है
Piṅga-tīrtham upaspṛśya brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | kapilānāṁ naraśreṣṭha śatasya phalam aśnute, naraśreṣṭha ||
Ghūlastya said: “O best of men, one who bathes and performs ācamana at the sacred Piṅga-tīrtha—living as a celibate student and keeping the senses under control—obtains the merit equal to gifting a hundred tawny cows.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that pilgrimage gains its highest value when joined with inner discipline—brahmacarya and control of the senses—so that ritual purity reflects moral purity; such conduct yields merit comparable to major acts of charity.
A speaker named Ghūlastya is describing the spiritual benefits of a specific pilgrimage site, Piṅga-tīrtha, stating that bathing/ācamana there by a self-restrained brahmacārī grants the fruit of donating a hundred kapilā cows.