Shloka 11

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

कोसलां तु समासाद्य कालतीर्थमुपस्पृशेत्‌,गोसहस्रफलं लब्ध्वा पुनाति स्वकुलं नृप । कोसला नगरी (अयोध्या)-में जाकर कालतीर्थमें स्नान करे। ऐसा करनेसे ग्यारह वृषभ- दानका फल मिलता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है। पुष्पवतीमें स्नान करके तीन रात उपवास करनेवाला मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता और अपने कुलको पवित्र कर देता है

Transliteration

Pulastya uvāca: Kosalān tu samāsādya kālatīrtham upaspṛśet, go-sahasra-phalaṁ labdhvā punāti sva-kulaṁ nṛpa.

Translation

Pulastya said: “O king, having reached the land of Kosala, one should bathe at the sacred ford called Kālatīrtha. By gaining the merit equal to a thousand gifts of cows, he purifies his own lineage.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'कोसलान् (Kosalān)', 'definition': 'the Kosalas

• the country/people of Kosala (region of Ayodhyā)'}, {'term': 'समासाद्य (samāsādya)', 'definition': 'having reached

• having arrived at'}, {'term': 'कालतीर्थम् (kālatīrtham)', 'definition': 'the sacred bathing-place/ford named Kālatīrtha'}, {'term': 'उपस्पृशेत् (upaspṛśet)', 'definition': 'should touch water

• should perform ritual bathing/ablution'}, {'term': 'गोसहस्रफलम् (go-sahasra-phalam)', 'definition': 'the fruit (merit) equivalent to a thousand cow-gifts'}, {'term': 'लब्ध्वा (labdhvā)', 'definition': 'having obtained'}, {'term': 'पुनाति (punāti)', 'definition': 'purifies

• makes pure'}, {'term': 'स्वकुलम् (sva-kulam)', 'definition': 'one’s own family/lineage'}, {'term': 'नृप (nṛpa)', 'definition': 'O king'}]

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Kosalā (region)
• Kālatīrtha (tīrtha)
• nṛpa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage and ritual bathing at a recognized tīrtha are presented as powerful dharmic acts whose merit can equal major charitable gifts (such as a thousand cow-donations) and can purify not only the individual but also one’s lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya instructs the king during a tīrtha-yātrā discourse, recommending that he go to Kosala and bathe at Kālatīrtha, describing the resulting spiritual merit and its purificatory effect.