Shloka 60
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
पुनाति गमनादेव दृष्टमेक॑ नराधिप । केशानभ्युक्ष्य वै तस्मिन् पूतो भवति भारत,नरेश्वर! वह तीर्थ एक बार जाने या दर्शन करनेसे ही पवित्र कर देता है। भारत! उसमें केशोंको धो लेने मात्रसे ही मनुष्य पवित्र हो जाता है
punāti gamanād eva dṛṣṭam ekaṁ narādhipa | keśān abhyukṣya vai tasmin pūto bhavati bhārata || nareśvara |
Ghūlastya said: “O king, that sacred ford purifies merely by being approached and even by a single sight of it. O Bhārata, simply washing one’s hair in that tīrtha makes a person purified.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the sanctifying power attributed to a tīrtha: even approaching or seeing it once is said to purify, and ritual washing there symbolizes removal of impurity and a renewed orientation toward dharma.
A speaker named Ghūlastya addresses a king (called Narādhipa/Nareśvara and ‘Bhārata’) while describing the greatness of a particular pilgrimage site, emphasizing its immediate purificatory effect through visitation and bathing.