Shloka 146

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

दण्डाख्यमभिगम्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌ । तत्पश्चात्‌ चम्पामें जाकर भागीरथीमें तर्पण करे और दण्ड नामक तीर्थमें जाकर सहस्र गोदानका फल प्राप्त करे

Transliteration

daṇḍākhyam abhigamyaiva go-sahasra-phalaṁ labhet | tatpaścāt campāṁ gatvā bhāgīrathyāṁ tarpaṇaṁ kuryāt, daṇḍa-nāmaka-tīrthe gatvā sahasra-go-dānasya phalaṁ prāpnoti |

Translation

Pulastya berkata: “Dengan sekadar mengunjungi tīrtha bernama Daṇḍa, seseorang memperoleh pahala setara dengan menghadiahkan seribu ekor sapi. Setelah itu, pergi ke Campā dan melakukan tarpaṇa di sungai Bhāgīrathī; lalu ketika mencapai Daṇḍa-tīrtha, ia meraih buah kebajikan seribu persembahan sapi.”

Word by Word

• दण्डाख्यम्: called ‘Daṇḍa’ (place/tīrtha)
• दण्डाख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डाख्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिगम्य: having gone to / approaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (verbal base), non-finite

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (as a gift)
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain / may obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), present (modal), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Daṇḍa-tīrtha
• Campā
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• go-dāna (cow-gift)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage and sincere ritual acts (like tarpaṇa) can confer great merit comparable to major charitable gifts, emphasizing accessible dharmic practice, reverence, and inner intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues describing a tīrtha-yātrā sequence: the pilgrim goes to Campā, performs tarpaṇa in the Bhāgīrathī, and by visiting the Daṇḍa-tīrtha gains the merit said to equal donating a thousand cows.