Shloka 14
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
दीर्घमायुरवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोक॑ च गच्छति । भरतकुलभूषण! तदनन्तर बदरिकातीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य दीर्घायु पाता और स्वर्गलोकमें जाता है ।। अथ चम्पां समासाद्य भागीरथ्यां कृतोदक:
dīrgham āyur avāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca gacchati | bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa! tad-anantaraṁ badarikā-tīrthe snānaṁ kṛtvā manuṣyo dīrghāyuḥ prāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca yāti || atha campāṁ samāsādya bhāgīrathyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ
Pulastya said: “He attains long life and also goes to the world of heaven. O ornament of the Bharata lineage, thereafter, having bathed at the sacred ford of Badarikā, a person gains longevity and reaches heaven. Then, arriving at Campā, he performs the water-rite in the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā).” The passage presents pilgrimage and ritual purity as ethical disciplines: reverent bathing and offerings at holy places are portrayed as acts that refine conduct and yield auspicious spiritual results.
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage-dharma is framed as a disciplined practice: bathing at a tīrtha and performing water-rites with reverence are said to generate puṇya, bringing worldly well-being (longevity) and posthumous reward (svarga).
Pulastya continues instructing a Bharata prince about the sequence of sacred places to visit: after Badarikā-tīrtha (where bathing is praised), the pilgrim proceeds to Campā and performs the prescribed water-rite in the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā).