Shloka 583
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
स स्नात्वा प्राप्स्यते लोकान् देहन्यासात् सुदुर्लभान् | “जो इस तीर्थमें एकाग्रचित्त होकर एक रात निवास करेगा
sa snātvā prāpsyate lokān dehanyāsāt sudurlabhān |
वैशम्पायन बोले—जो मन को एकाग्र करके इस तीर्थ में एक रात निवास करता है, वह यहाँ स्नान करके और देह-त्याग के पश्चात् उन पुण्यलोकों को प्राप्त होता है, जो दूसरों के लिए अत्यन्त दुर्लभ हैं।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brief, disciplined observance at a tīrtha—especially an overnight stay with concentrated mind and a purifying bath—is presented as a powerful dharmic act whose fruit extends beyond this life, granting access to rare meritorious realms after death.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration of the tīrtha-mahātmya within Śalya Parva, the sanctity and rewards of a particular pilgrimage site are being described, promising exceptional posthumous attainments to one who performs the prescribed stay and bath with focused intent.