Shloka 141
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुल नास्त्यत्र संशय: । नरश्रेष्ठ! बह्मययोनितीर्थमें जाकर पवित्र एवं जितात्मा पुरुष वहाँ स्नान करनेसे ब्रह्मलोक प्राप्त कर लेता है। साथ ही अपने कुलकी सात पीढ़ियोंतकको पवित्र कर देता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है || १४० $ ।। ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र तीर्थ त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्,राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर कार्तिकेयके त्रिभुवनविख्यात पृथूदकतीर्थकी यात्रा करे और वहाँ स्नान करके देवताओं तथा पितरोंकी पूजामें संलग्न रहे
punāty ā saptamaṃ caiva kulaṃ nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ | naraśreṣṭha brahmayoni-tīrthaṃ gatvā pavitraḥ jitātmā puruṣas tatra snānena brahmalokaṃ prāpnoti | saha ca svakulasyā saptapuruṣān pāvayati nātra saṃśayaḥ || tato gacchet rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokya-viśrutam | tataḥ kārtikeyasya tribhuvana-vikhyātaṃ pṛthūdaka-tīrthaṃ yāyāt | tatra snātvā devatā-pitṛ-pūjāyāṃ saṃlagnaḥ syāt ||
Ghūlastya said: “It purifies one’s lineage up to the seventh generation—of this there is no doubt. O best of men, a pure and self-controlled person who goes to the sacred ford called Brahmayoni and bathes there attains the world of Brahmā; and along with himself he sanctifies seven generations of his family—there is no uncertainty in this. Then, O king, you should proceed to a pilgrimage-ford renowned throughout the three worlds: the celebrated Pṛthūdaka, associated with Kārttikeya. Having bathed there, remain devoted to worship of the gods and the ancestors.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage is presented as an ethical-spiritual discipline: when undertaken with purity and self-mastery (jitātmā), sacred bathing and worship generate merit that elevates the practitioner and is believed to benefit the family line up to seven generations, emphasizing responsibility to both self and ancestors.
Ghūlastya is instructing the king on a sequence of tīrtha-yātrā destinations. He praises Brahmayoni for its power to grant Brahmaloka and to purify the lineage, then directs the king onward to the famed Pṛthūdaka tīrtha associated with Kārttikeya, where one should bathe and engage in worship of gods and ancestors.