Shloka 11

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

कोसलां तु समासाद्य कालतीर्थमुपस्पृशेत्‌,गोसहस्रफलं लब्ध्वा पुनाति स्वकुलं नृप । कोसला नगरी (अयोध्या)-में जाकर कालतीर्थमें स्नान करे। ऐसा करनेसे ग्यारह वृषभ- दानका फल मिलता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है। पुष्पवतीमें स्नान करके तीन रात उपवास करनेवाला मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता और अपने कुलको पवित्र कर देता है

Transliteration

Pulastya uvāca: Kosalān tu samāsādya kālatīrtham upaspṛśet, go-sahasra-phalaṁ labdhvā punāti sva-kulaṁ nṛpa.

Translation

Wahai raja! Setelah mencapai negeri Kosala, hendaknya seseorang mandi suci di tīrtha bernama Kālatīrtha. Dengan memperoleh pahala setara seribu sedekah sapi, ia menyucikan garis keturunannya sendiri.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'कोसलान् (Kosalān)', 'definition': 'the Kosalas

• the country/people of Kosala (region of Ayodhyā)'}, {'term': 'समासाद्य (samāsādya)', 'definition': 'having reached

• having arrived at'}, {'term': 'कालतीर्थम् (kālatīrtham)', 'definition': 'the sacred bathing-place/ford named Kālatīrtha'}, {'term': 'उपस्पृशेत् (upaspṛśet)', 'definition': 'should touch water

• should perform ritual bathing/ablution'}, {'term': 'गोसहस्रफलम् (go-sahasra-phalam)', 'definition': 'the fruit (merit) equivalent to a thousand cow-gifts'}, {'term': 'लब्ध्वा (labdhvā)', 'definition': 'having obtained'}, {'term': 'पुनाति (punāti)', 'definition': 'purifies

• makes pure'}, {'term': 'स्वकुलम् (sva-kulam)', 'definition': 'one’s own family/lineage'}, {'term': 'नृप (nṛpa)', 'definition': 'O king'}]

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kosalā (region)
• Kālatīrtha (tīrtha)
• nṛpa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage and ritual bathing at a recognized tīrtha are presented as powerful dharmic acts whose merit can equal major charitable gifts (such as a thousand cow-donations) and can purify not only the individual but also one’s lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya instructs the king during a tīrtha-yātrā discourse, recommending that he go to Kosala and bathe at Kālatīrtha, describing the resulting spiritual merit and its purificatory effect.