Shloka 7
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
प्लक्षाद्वेवी खुता राजन् महापुण्या सरस्वती । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत वल्मीकान्नि:सृते जले
plakṣād devī kṣutā rājan mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta valmīkān niḥsṛte jale ||
હે રાજન, પ્લક્ષ વૃક્ષમાંથી મહાપુણ્યમયી દેવી સરસ્વતી પ્રગટ થાય છે. ત્યાં વલ્મીક (બાંબી)માંથી નીકળેલા જળમાં અભિષેક-સ્નાન કરવું જોઈએ.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain tīrthas (sacred places) are approached with reverence and disciplined action: bathing (abhiṣeka) at the holy source of Sarasvatī is prescribed as a means of purification and moral renewal, reinforcing commitment to dharma.
Ghūlastya is guiding the king through a sacred landscape, identifying the origin-place of the goddess-river Sarasvatī near a plakṣa tree and instructing him to bathe in the water that emerges from an anthill, a specific ritual act within the broader tīrtha-yātrā account.