Shloka 18

Devanagari script

शृज्भाणि त्रीणि पुण्यानि त्रीणि प्रस्रवणानि च । सर्वाण्यनुपरिक्रम्प यथाकाममुपस्पृश,युधिष्ठिर! ये देवताओंके अनेकानेक मन्दिर दिखायी देते हैं, जो नाना प्रकारके हैं। यह चन्द्रतीर्थ है, जिसकी बहुत-से ऋषिलोग उपासना करते हैं। यहाँ बालखिल्य नामक वैखानस महात्मा रहते हैं जो वायुका आहार करनेवाले और परम पावन हैं। यहाँ तीन पवित्र शिखर और तीन झरने हैं। इन सबकी इच्छानुसार परिक्रमा करके स्नान करो

Transliteration

śṛṅgāṇi trīṇi puṇyāni trīṇi prasravaṇāni ca | sarvāṇy anuparikramya yathākāmam upaspṛśa, yudhiṣṭhira! |

Translation

Lomāśa berkata: “Wahai Yudhiṣṭhira, di sini ada tiga puncak suci dan tiga mata air suci. Kelilingilah semuanya dengan tertib sebagaimana mestinya, lalu lakukan penyucian diri (mandi ritual) sesuai kehendakmu.”

Word by Word

शृङ्गाणिpeaks, summits

त्रीणिthree

पुण्यानिholy, meritorious

त्रीणिthree

प्रस्रवणानिsprings, waterfalls

चand

सर्वाणिall (of them)

अनुपरिक्रम्यhaving circumambulated

यथाकामम्as desired, at will

उपस्पृशtouch (the water), bathe

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Yudhiṣṭhira

three sacred peaks (śṛṅgāṇi)

three springs (prasravaṇāni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic pilgrimage practice: respectfully circumambulating sacred sites and performing ritual bathing for purification, cultivating reverence and inner discipline rather than mere travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa guides Yudhiṣṭhira during the Pāṇḍavas’ forest pilgrimage, pointing out a cluster of holy natural features—three peaks and three springs—and instructing him to circumambulate them and bathe.