Shloka 20
चमसोद्ठेदनं विप्रास्तत्रापि कथयन्त्युत । प्रभासं चोदधौ तीर्थ त्रिदशानां युधिछ्िर,विप्रगण! वहीं चमसोद्धेदतीर्थकी चर्चा की जाती है। युधिष्ठिर! सुराष्ट्रमें ही समुद्रके तटपर प्रभासक्षेत्र है जो देवताओंका तीर्थ कहा गया है
camasoddhedanaṃ viprās tatrāpi kathayanty uta | prabhāsaṃ codadhau tīrthaṃ tridaśānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira ||
Dhaumya said: “O brahmins, they also speak there of the sacred ford called Camasoddhedana. And, O Yudhiṣṭhira, on the seashore lies Prabhāsa—renowned as a holy place of the gods.”
धौम्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic value of tīrtha-yātrā: sacred places preserve collective memory and offer purification and renewed orientation toward the divine order, here emphasized by calling Prabhāsa a tīrtha of the gods.
Dhaumya is guiding Yudhiṣṭhira through a catalogue of pilgrimage sites, noting that Camasoddhedana is spoken of in that region and that Prabhāsa lies on the ocean’s shore, famed as a divine holy place.