Shloka 7
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
मनसाप्यभिकामस्य कुरुक्षेत्र युधिष्ठिर । पापानि विप्रणश्यन्ति ब्रह्मलोक॑ च गच्छति,युधिष्ठिर! जो मनसे भी कुरुक्षेत्रमें जानेकी इच्छा करता है, उसके सब पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं और वह ब्रह्मलोकको जाता है
manasāpy abhikāmasya kurukṣetre yudhiṣṭhira | pāpāni vipraṇaśyanti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati ||
युधिष्ठिर! जो मन से भी कुरुक्षेत्र जाने की इच्छा करता है, उसके पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं और वह ब्रह्मलोक को प्राप्त होता है।
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates inner intention (mental resolve) as ethically potent: even the sincere wish to undertake a sacred journey to Kurukṣetra is credited with purifying sin and generating merit leading to Brahmaloka.
In a tirtha-māhātmya context within the Vana Parva, Ghūlastya instructs Yudhiṣṭhira about the extraordinary sanctity of Kurukṣetra, praising it as a place whose mere contemplation and desire to visit brings spiritual purification and exalted posthumous reward.