Mahabharata — Vana Parva, Shloka 40
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
ततः कुब्जाम्रकं गच्छेत् तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । गोसहस्रमवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोक॑ च गच्छति
tataḥ kubjāmrakaṁ gacchet tīrthasevī narādhipa | gosahasram avāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca gacchati, narendra ||
Kemudian, wahai Raja, peziarah yang tekun mengunjungi tīrtha hendaklah pergi ke Kubjāmraka. Dengan demikian ia memperoleh pahala setara sedekah seribu ekor sapi, dan pada akhirnya mencapai alam surga.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful pilgrimage to sacred tīrthas is presented as a dharmic discipline that yields great merit—here equated with donating a thousand cows—and culminates in attainment of heaven.
The speaker instructs the king about the next tīrtha to visit—Kubjāmraka—and states the specific spiritual reward (go-dāna-equivalent merit and eventual svarga) associated with that pilgrimage.