Shloka 74
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
वहाँ स्नान, जलपान और देवताओंसे घिरे हुए रुद्रदेवका दर्शन-पूजन करनेसे स्नानकर्ता पुरुषके जन्मसे लेकर वर्तमान समयतकके सारे पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं ।। दमी चात्र नरश्रेष्ठ सर्वदेवैरभिष्टृत: । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्यात्र हयमेधमवाप्तुयात्,नरश्रेष्ठ) भगवान् दमीका सभी देवता स्तवन करते हैं। पुरुषसिंह! वहाँ स्नान करनेसे अश्वमेधयज्ञके फलकी प्राप्ति होती है
tatra snāna-jalapānaṃ ca devatābhiḥ parivṛtaṃ rudradevaṃ darśana-pūjanaṃ ca kṛtvā snātur narasya janmārabhya vartamāna-kāla-paryantaṃ sarva-pāpaṃ naśyati || damī cātra naraśreṣṭha sarva-devair abhiṣṭutaḥ | tatra snātvā nara-vyāghra aśvamedha-phalam avāpnuyāt ||
There, by bathing and drinking the water, and by beholding and worshipping Lord Rudra who is surrounded by the gods, all the sins of the bather—from birth up to the present moment—are destroyed. And here, O best of men, the blessed Damī is praised by all the gods. O tiger among men, by bathing there one attains the merit equal to that of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes tīrtha-based purification: sincere bathing, drinking sacred water, and worshipful darśana of Rudra are presented as powerful means to remove accumulated moral impurity (pāpa) and to gain great religious merit, even comparable to an Aśvamedha.
Ghūlastya describes a sacred place where Rudra is worshipped in the presence of the gods. He praises the site’s efficacy: bathing there destroys sins from birth onward and grants the merit of a major royal sacrifice; he also notes that Damī is extolled there by all the gods.