Shloka 105
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
पवनस्य हवदे स्नात्वा मरुतां तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याप्र विष्णुलोके महीयते,नरव्याप्र! तदनन्तर पवनहृदमें स्नान करे। वह मरुद्गणोंका उत्तम तीर्थ है। वहाँ स्नान करनेसे मानव विष्णुलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है
pavanasya hṛdade snātvā marutāṁ tīrtham uttamam | tatra snātvā naravyāghra viṣṇuloke mahīyate ||
Ghūlastya dijo: «Oh tigre entre los hombres, báñate en el lago de Pavana: es el vado sagrado supremo de los Maruts. Tras bañarse allí, una persona es honrada y queda establecida en el mundo de Viṣṇu».
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the purifying and elevating power of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage): sincere bathing at a sanctified place associated with divine beings (here Pavana and the Maruts) is said to generate spiritual merit that leads to honor and an exalted posthumous state (Viṣṇuloka).
A speaker named Ghūlastya directs a heroic listener (“naravyāghra”) to bathe at Pavana’s lake, identified as the foremost sacred ford of the Maruts, and states the fruit of that act—being honored and established in Viṣṇu’s realm.