Shloka 157
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
उर्वशीतीर्थमासाद्य तत: सोमाश्रमं बुध: । कुम्भकर्णाश्रमं गत्वा पूज्यते भुवि मानव:,तदनन्तर उर्वशीतीर्थ, सोमाश्रम और कुम्भ-कर्णाश्रमकी यात्रा करके मनुष्य इस भूतलपर पूजित होता है
Urvāśītīrtham āsādya tataḥ Somāśramaṃ budhaḥ | Kumbhakarṇāśramaṃ gatvā pūjyate bhuvi mānavaḥ ||
Having reached the sacred ford of Urvaśī and then the hermitage of Soma, the wise person proceeds to the hermitage of Kumbhakarṇa; by undertaking this sequence of pilgrimages, a human being becomes honored upon the earth.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage to revered tīrthas and āśramas confers honor and esteem in the world, implying inner purification and alignment with dharma through reverence and self-restraint.
A speaker describes a sequence of sacred destinations—Urvāśī-tīrtha, Somāśrama, and Kumbhakarṇāśrama—and states the फल (result): one who visits them becomes honored on earth.