Shloka 87
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
त्रिभुवनविख्यात श्रीकुण्डमें जाकर ब्रह्माजीको नमस्कार करनेसे सहस्नर गोदानका फल प्राप्त होता है ।। ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ विमल॑ तीर्थमुत्तमम् अद्यापि यत्र दृश्यन्ते मत्स्या: सौवर्णराजता:,धर्मज्ञ! वहाँसे परम उत्तम विमलतीर्थकी यात्रा करे, जहाँ आज भी सोने और चाँदीके रंगकी मछलियाँ दिखायी देती हैं
tribhuvana-vikhyāta-śrīkuṇḍaṁ gatvā brahmāṇaṁ namaskṛtya sahasra-go-dānasya phalaṁ prāpnoti. tato gacchet dharmajña vimalam tīrtham uttamam, adyāpi yatra dṛśyante matsyāḥ sauvarṇa-rājatāḥ; dharmajña, tataḥ paraṁ-uttamaṁ vimalatīrthaṁ yāyāt, yatra adyāpi suvarṇa-rūpā rajata-rūpāś ca matsyāḥ dṛśyante.
Ghūlastya said: “One who goes to the renowned Śrīkuṇḍa and bows to Brahmā gains the merit equal to a thousand gifts of cows. Then, O knower of dharma, one should proceed to the supremely pure and excellent sacred ford called Vimala, where even today fish of golden and silvery hue are seen. From there, O righteous one, let him undertake the pilgrimage to that most excellent Vimala-tīrtha, marked by these wondrous signs.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that reverent pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and humble salutation to the divine—here, Brahmā—generate great merit, likened to the highly valued act of donating a thousand cows. It frames dharma as practiced through devotion, restraint, and purposeful movement toward purity (vimala).
Ghūlastya is guiding a dharma-minded listener through a sequence of pilgrimage sites: first Śrīkuṇḍa, where bowing to Brahmā yields immense merit, and then onward to the excellent Vimala-tīrtha, identified by the marvel of fish that appear golden and silver even in the present day.