Shloka 137
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
कपालमोचन तीर्थ सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याप्र सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते,कपालमोचनतीर्थ सब पापोंसे छुड़ानेवाला है! नरश्रेष्ठ) वहाँ स्नान करके मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है
kapālamocana-tīrthaṁ sarvapāpa-pramocanam | tatra snātvā nara-vyāghra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
“Kapālamocana is a sacred ford that releases one from every sin. O tiger among men, by bathing there a person is freed from all sins.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the purificatory power of tīrtha-yātrā: sincere ritual bathing at a renowned sacred ford is presented as a means of expiation and moral renewal, symbolically ‘releasing’ one from accumulated pāpa.
A speaker (Ghūlastya) is describing the merit of a particular pilgrimage site, Kapālamocana, and instructs or encourages the addressed hero (‘nara-vyāghra’) that bathing there grants freedom from sins.