Shloka 66
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
तम्मिंस्तीर्थे महाबाहो स्नात्वा पापै: प्रमुच्यते । गड्जायां तु नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी समाहित:
tasmiṁs tīrthe mahābāho snātvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate | gaḍjāyāṁ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ ||
O mighty-armed one, by bathing at that sacred ford a person is released from sins. And indeed, having bathed in the Gaḍjā, a man becomes a disciplined brahmacārin—self-restrained and inwardly collected.
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is presented as a means of moral purification, but its deeper fruit is ethical transformation: renewed self-restraint (brahmacarya) and mental composure (samāhita).
Pulastya continues a tīrtha-māhātmya-style instruction, describing the spiritual benefits of bathing at a particular sacred place and specifically at the Gaḍjā, emphasizing liberation from sin and the cultivation of disciplined conduct.