Shloka 3

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

करतोयां समासाद्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति प्रजापतिकृतो विधि:,करतोयामें जाकर स्नान करके तीन रात उपवास करनेवाला मनुष्य अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल पाता है। यह ब्रह्माजीद्वारा की हुई व्यवस्था है

Transliteration

karatoyāṃ samāsādya trirātropoṣito naraḥ | aśvamedham avāpnoti prajāpati-kṛto vidhiḥ ||

Translation

Pulastya said: “A man who reaches the river Karatoyā, bathes there, and observes a fast for three nights attains the merit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice. This is an ordinance established by Prajāpati (Brahmā).” The verse frames pilgrimage and disciplined self-restraint as ethically potent acts, presenting austerity and purity of conduct as accessible means to great religious merit.

Word by Word

करतोयाम्to the (river) Karatoyā

समासाद्यhaving reached/approached

त्रिरात्रfor three nights

उपोषितःhaving fasted

नरःa man

अश्वमेधम्the Aśvamedha (sacrifice/its fruit)

अवाप्नोतिattains/obtains

प्रजापति-कृतःmade/ordained by Prajāpati (Brahmā)

विधिःrule/ordinance

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Karatoyā (river)

Aśvamedha (sacrifice)

Prajāpati (Brahmā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes