Shloka 66
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
विगाहा तस्मिन् सरसि मानुषत्वमुपागता: । तस्मिंस्तीर्थ नर: स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी समाहित:
vigāhā tasmin sarasi mānuṣatvam upāgatāḥ | tasmiṃs tīrtha naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ ||
“Al sumergirse en ese lago, alcanzaron la condición humana. En ese tīrtha, un hombre—después de bañarse—se vuelve observante de brahmacarya, firme y recogido en la mente.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links sacred bathing (tīrtha-snāna) with inner discipline: true purification culminates in brahmacarya and a composed, focused mind (samāhita), not merely an external ritual.
The speaker describes a particular lake and its tīrtha: immersion there brings a transformative result—attaining human status—and bathing there is said to make a person become a self-restrained brahmacārin, mentally collected.