Shloka 56
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
ततोअप्बुमत्यां धर्मज्ञ सुतीर्थकमनुत्तमम्,धर्मज्ञ! वहाँसे अम्बुमतीमें, जो परम उत्तम तीर्थ है, जाय
tato ’mbumatyāṃ dharmajña sutīrthakam anuttamam | dharmajña! vahāṃse ’mbumatyāṃ, yo paramottamaṃ tīrthaṃ hai, jāya ||
फिर, हे धर्मज्ञ, वहाँ से अम्बुमती में जाओ—जो अनुपम, परम उत्तम तीर्थ है। हे धर्म के ज्ञाता, उस श्रेष्ठ पवित्र तीर्थ की ओर प्रस्थान करो।
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharmic guidance through tīrtha-yātrā: a righteous person is directed toward an unsurpassed sacred place, implying that seeking holy sites and disciplined conduct supports ethical purification and merit.
A speaker addresses a ‘knower of dharma’ and gives itinerary-like instruction to go to Ambumatī, praised as a supremely excellent tīrtha—part of the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage and sacred-geography sequence.