Shloka 24
Avanti–Narmadā–Puṣkara Tīrtha-Kathana (धौम्यकथितं तीर्थवर्णनम्)
धूतपाप्मभिराकीर्णा पुण्यं तस्याश्न दर्शनम् 'युधिष्ठिर! जहाँ पुण्यसलिला भागीरथी गंगा सरोवरमें स्थित थी। महाराज! जहाँपर उन्हें 'ब्रह्मशाला” यह पवित्र नाम दिया गया है। वह पुण्यतीर्थ निष्पाप मनुष्योंसे व्याप्त है; उसका दर्शन पुण्यमय बताया गया है ।। पवित्रो मड्नलीयश्व ख्यातो लोके महात्मन:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: dhūtapāpmabhir ākīrṇā puṇyaṃ tasyāś ca darśanam | yudhiṣṭhira! yatra puṇya-salilā bhāgīrathī gaṅgā sarovare sthitā | mahārāja! yatra tasyāḥ ‘brahmaśālā’ iti pavitraṃ nāma pradattaṃ | tat puṇya-tīrthaṃ niṣpāpa-manuṣyaiḥ vyāptaṃ; tasya darśanaṃ puṇyam iti kathyate || pavitro maṅgalīyaś ca khyāto loke mahātman ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, that sacred place is filled with people whose sins have been washed away, and merely seeing it is declared meritorious. There, the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā—holy in her waters—abides in a lake. O king, it is there that she is known by the pure name ‘Brahmaśālā.’ That holy ford is frequented by sinless persons, and its very sight is said to confer virtue; it is famed in the world, O great-souled one, as both purifying and auspicious.”
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