Shloka 35
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
तत्पश्चात् सदा सिद्ध पुरुषोंसे सेवित गोदावरीके तटपर जाकर स्नान करनेसे तीर्थयात्री गोमेधयज्ञका फल पाता और वासुकिके लोकमें जाता है | वेणासंगममें स्नान करके मनुष्य अश्वमेधयज्ञके फलका भागी होता है ।। वरदासंगमे स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ब्रह्मस्थानं समासाद्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नर:
tatpaścāt sadā siddha-puruṣaiḥ sevitaṃ godāvarī-taṭaṃ gatvā snānena tīrtha-yātrī gomedha-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti vāsuker loke ca gacchati | veṇā-saṅgame snātvā manuṣya aśvamedha-yajñasya phala-bhāgī bhavati || varadā-saṅgame snātvā go-sahasra-phalaṃ labhet | brahma-sthānaṃ samāsādya tri-rātra-upoṣito naraḥ ||
Pulastya said: Thereafter, a pilgrim who goes to the bank of the Godāvarī—ever frequented by perfected sages—and bathes there gains the merit of the Gomedha sacrifice and attains the world of Vāsuki. Bathing at the confluence of the Veṇā, a person becomes a sharer in the fruit of the Aśvamedha. Bathing at the confluence of the Varadā yields the reward of a thousand cows; and having reached the Brahma-sthāna, a man who observes a three-night fast gains sanctifying merit through disciplined restraint.
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