Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ । तीर्थ कुरुवरश्रेष्ठ त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्वुतम्,भरतवंशावतंस कुरुश्रेष्ठी] उनकी परिक्रमा करके त्रिभुवन-विख्यात “दमी” नामक तीर्थमें जाय, जो सब पापोंका नाश करनेवाला है। वहाँ ब्रह्मा आदि देवता भगवान् महेश्वरकी उपासना करते हैं
pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gacchet bharatarṣabha | tīrtha kuruvarāśreṣṭha triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam |
Having circumambulated it and then turning back, O bull among the Bharatas, one should proceed to that sacred ford—renowned among the three worlds. The instruction frames pilgrimage as a disciplined act: reverent movement (circumambulation), followed by purposeful travel toward a celebrated tīrtha whose very fame signals its moral and purificatory power.
घुलस्त्य उवाच