Shloka 2
Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)
समुद्रे पश्चिमे यानि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । तानि सर्वाणि गत्वा स प्रभासमुपजग्मिवान्,पश्चिम समुद्रके तटपर जितने तीर्थ और देवालय थे, उन सबकी यात्रा करके वे प्रभासक्षेत्रमें जा पहुँचे
samudre paścime yāni tīrthāny āyatanāni ca | tāni sarvāṇi gatvā sa prabhāsam upajagmivān |
Vaiśampāyana dit : Après avoir visité tous les tīrtha —les gués sacrés— et les sanctuaires saints qui bordaient la mer de l’Ouest, il acheva ce pèlerinage puis se dirigea vers Prabhāsa, allant d’un lieu consacré à l’autre avec discipline, le dharma pour orientation.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tīrtha-yātrā as a disciplined dharmic practice: one moves through consecrated places with reverence and restraint, seeking purification and merit through orderly, purposeful travel rather than mere wandering.
The narrator states that the traveler (referred to simply as 'he') visits all the pilgrimage sites and shrines along the western seacoast and, after completing them, arrives at the famed sacred place called Prabhāsa.