Shloka 160
प्राइनदीतीर्थमें जानेसे द्विज कृतार्थ हो जाता है। वह सब पापोंसे शुद्धचित्त होकर इन्द्रलोकमें जाता है ।। ऋषभद्दीपमासाद्य मेध्यं क्रौड्चनिष्दनम् । सरस्वत्यामुपस्पृश्य विमानस्थो विराजते,तीर्थसेवी मनुष्य पवित्र ऋषभद्वीप और क्रौज्चनिषूदनतीर्थमें जाकर सरस्वतीमें स्नान करनेसे विमानपर विराजमान होता है
ṛṣabhadvīpam āsādya medhyaṃ krauñcanisūdanam | sarasvatyām upaspṛśya vimānastho virājate || tīrthasevī manuṣyaḥ pavitraṃ ṛṣabhadvīpaṃ ca krauñcanisūdanatīrthaṃ ca gatvā sarasvatyāṃ snānena vimāne virājate |
A person devoted to visiting sacred fords attains the pure isle called Ṛṣabhadvīpa and the sanctifying ford known as Krauñca-nisūdana. Having bathed in the Sarasvatī there, he is said to shine seated in a celestial chariot—purified of sin and rewarded with an exalted heavenly state. The passage frames pilgrimage as an ethical discipline: cleansing the mind through holy contact and right intention, leading to spiritual elevation.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere pilgrimage and ritual purification at revered tīrthas cleanse sin and elevate the practitioner, symbolized by attaining a heavenly vimāna. Ethical emphasis lies on inner purification and disciplined devotion expressed through sacred travel.
The speaker praises specific pilgrimage sites—Ṛṣabhadvīpa and the Krauñca-nisūdana tīrtha—and states that bathing in the Sarasvatī there grants the pilgrim radiant, heavenly honor, depicted as being seated in a celestial chariot.