Shloka 323
मयूरहंससंयुक्तं विमानं लभते नर: । तदनन्तर वेणा नदीके तटपर जाकर तीन रात उपवास करनेवाला मनुष्य (मृत्युके पश्चात) मोर और हंसोंसे जुता हुआ विमानको प्राप्त करता है
mayūrahamsasaṁyuktaṁ vimānaṁ labhate naraḥ |
Pulastya berkata: “Seseorang yang pergi ke tepi Sungai Veṇā dan berpuasa selama tiga malam, setelah wafat akan memperoleh vimāna surgawi yang ditarik oleh merak dan angsa.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined religious observance—specifically fasting as a vow at a sacred riverbank—produces tangible spiritual merit, described here as a glorious posthumous reward (a celestial vimāna).
Pulastya is enumerating the fruits of tīrtha-related vows. Here he states that one who performs a three-night fast on the bank of the Veṇā river attains, after death, a divine aerial car yoked with peacocks and swans.