Shloka 2
Avanti–Narmadā–Puṣkara Tīrtha-Kathana (धौम्यकथितं तीर्थवर्णनम्)
ब्राह्मणानुमतान् पुण्यानाश्रमान् भरतर्षभ । दिशस्तीर्थानि शैलांश्व शूणु मे वदतो5नघ
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: brāhmaṇānumatān puṇyān āśramān bharatarṣabha | diśas tīrthāni śailāṃś ca śṛṇu me vadataḥ anagha ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Oh toro entre los Bhāratas, oh intachable, escucha mientras describo los santos eremitorios aprobados por los brāhmaṇas, junto con los tīrthas en todas las direcciones y las montañas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places and disciplined hermitages are presented as ethically meaningful spaces: they are validated by brāhmaṇical tradition and are associated with puṇya (merit). The verse frames pilgrimage and listening to sacred instruction as a dharmic act that guides conduct toward purity, restraint, and reverence.
Vaiśampāyana transitions into a description of holy sites—hermitages, tīrthas, and mountains across the directions—inviting the listener (addressed as bharatarṣabha, anagha) to hear an organized account of sacred geography, typically as part of a broader tīrtha-yātrā or catalog of sanctified places in the Vana Parva.