Shloka 195
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
मासि मासि नरव्याप्र संनिहत्यां न संशय: । तीर्थसंनिहनादेव संनिहत्येति विश्रुता,पृथ्वीपर और आकाशमें जितने तीर्थ, नदी, हृद, तड़ाग, सम्पूर्ण झरने, उदपान, बावली, तीर्थ और मन्दिर हैं, वे प्रत्येक मासकी अमावस्याको संनिहतीमें अवश्य पधारेंगे। तीर्थोका संघात या समूह होनेके कारण ही वह संनिहती नामसे विख्यात है
ghulastya uvāca |
māsi māsi naravyāghra saṁnihatyāṁ na saṁśayaḥ |
tīrthasaṁnihānād eva saṁnihatyeti viśrutā ||
Ghūlastya said: “O tiger among men, there is no doubt that month after month all sacred fords (tīrthas) gather at Saṁnihatyā. Indeed, it is famed as ‘Saṁnihatyā’ precisely because of this confluence and assembling of tīrthas.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the sanctity of pilgrimage and the idea that certain places become especially holy because they are understood as meeting-points of many tīrthas; reverence for such confluences supports dharma through disciplined, faith-based practice.
A speaker named Ghulastya addresses a heroic listener (‘naravyāghra’) and explains why Saṁnihatyā is renowned: it is believed that the tīrthas ‘assemble’ there regularly, making it a celebrated pilgrimage locus.