Shloka 596
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं प्राप्रोति मानव: । उस तीर्थमें स्नान करके शुद्ध एवं संयत चित्त हो मानव अतिरात्र और अमग्निष्टोम यज्ञोंका फल पाता है
agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ |
Ghūlastya said: “A person attains the merit (phala) of the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices. By bathing at that sacred ford (tīrtha) with purity and a restrained mind, one gains the same spiritual reward as those great Vedic rites.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inner purity and mental restraint, when joined to a sacred act like bathing at a tīrtha, can confer the same religious merit as elaborate Vedic sacrifices—highlighting accessibility of dharmic reward through disciplined conduct.
A speaker named Ghūlastya is describing the spiritual efficacy of a particular tīrtha: bathing there with a purified, controlled mind grants the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra yajñas.