Shloka 6
The Greatness of Puṣkara: Tripuṣkara Pilgrimage, Sacred Geography, and the Doctrine of Self-Restraint
ब्राह्मणैर्वेदविद्वद्भिः कथं यात्रा त्रिपुष्करे । कर्तव्या यत्फलं तस्या जायते तद्वदस्व मे
brāhmaṇairvedavidvadbhiḥ kathaṃ yātrā tripuṣkare | kartavyā yatphalaṃ tasyā jāyate tadvadasva me
Bagaimanakah para Brahmana yang mahir Weda harus menunaikan ziarah suci ke Tripuṣkara? Dan katakanlah kepadaku buah dharma yang lahir darinya.
Unspecified interlocutor (a questioner asking about the Tripuṣkara pilgrimage and its merits)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ब्राह्मणैर्वेदविद्वद्भिः = ब्राह्मणैः + वेदविद्वद्भिः; यत्फलं = यत् + फलम्; तद्वदस्व = तत् + वदस्व
FAQs
It frames tīrtha-yātrā as an act ideally guided by Vedic knowledge and disciplined practice, asking specifically how learned Brahmins should undertake it and what spiritual merit results.
Tripuṣkara is referenced as a sacred tīrtha (pilgrimage site). The verse treats it as a place whose proper visitation has a describable “phala” (religious/spiritual fruit).
Religious acts should be done with right method (vidhi) and understanding, not merely by travel; the seeker asks for both procedure and purpose (the resulting merit).