Shloka 29
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सप्तगड़े त्रिगड़े च शक्रावर्ते च तर्पयन् । देवान् 6 52 के, पुण्ये लोके महीयते,सप्तगंग, त्रिगंग और शक्रावर्ततीर्थमें विधिपूर्वक देवताओं तथा पितरोंका तर्पण करनेवाला मनुष्य पुण्य-लोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है
ghulastya uvāca | saptagaḍe trigaḍe ca śakrāvarte ca tarpayann | devān pitṝṁś ca vidhivat puṇye loke mahīyate ||
Ghulastya said: One who, in due rite, offers libations (tarpana) to the gods and the ancestors at the sacred fords known as Saptagaḍa, Trigaḍa, and Śakrāvarta becomes honored and firmly established in a meritorious world. The verse underscores the ethical value of gratitude and continuity—upholding one’s obligations to divine order and ancestral lineage through disciplined pilgrimage and ritual.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that performing prescribed offerings (tarpana) to both gods and ancestors at sacred tīrthas is a form of dharma that generates puṇya, leading to honor and a higher, meritorious state of existence. It emphasizes disciplined ritual action, gratitude, and maintaining the cosmic and familial order.
Within the tīrtha-māhātmya context of the Vana Parva, a speaker (Ghulastya) enumerates specific pilgrimage sites and states the spiritual result of proper worship there: one who performs due libations to devas and pitṛs at these named fords attains esteem in a blessed realm.