Shloka 44
सप्तगोदावरे स्नात्वा नियतो नियताशन: । महत् पुण्यमवाप्रोति देवलोक॑ च गच्छति,सप्तगोदावरतीर्थमें स्नान करके नियमपालनपूर्वक नियमित भोजन करनेवाला पुरुष महान् पुण्यलाभ करता और देवलोकमें जाता है
saptagodāvare snātvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ | mahat puṇyam avāpnoti devalokaṃ ca gacchati ||
Pulastya declares that one who bathes at the sacred ford called Saptagodāvarī, living with disciplined restraint and taking food in measured moderation, gains great religious merit and, as its fruit, attains the world of the gods. The verse frames pilgrimage not as mere travel but as ethical self-regulation joined to holy practice, promising an elevated posthumous destiny.
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Holy bathing at a tīrtha is presented as spiritually effective when paired with ethical discipline—restraint and regulated diet—yielding great merit and the promised fruit of reaching Devaloka.
In the tīrtha-māhātmya discourse of the Vana Parva, Pulastya is describing the benefits of specific pilgrimage sites; here he states the reward for bathing at Saptagodāvarī while observing vows and moderation.