Shloka 3
Adharma’s Short-Lived Prosperity and the Restorative Path of Tīrtha (लोमश–युधिष्ठिर संवादः)
स भवान् परम॑ वेद पावन पुरुषं प्रति । तेन संयोजयेथास्त्वं तीर्थपुण्येन पाण्डवान्,“पुरुषको पवित्र बनानेवाला जो उत्तम साधन है, उसे आप जानते हैं। अतः आप पाण्डवोंको तीर्थयात्रा-जनित पुण्यसे सम्पन्न कीजिये
sa bhavān paramaṁ veda pāvanaṁ puruṣaṁ prati | tena saṁyojayethās tvaṁ tīrtha-puṇyena pāṇḍavān ||
Lomaśa said: “You, revered one, know well the highest means by which a person becomes purified. Therefore, please unite the Pāṇḍavas with the merit born of pilgrimage—so that their lives may be strengthened by sacred discipline and inner cleansing.”
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification and moral strengthening are achieved through recognized sacred means; here, pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and the merit it generates are presented as a practical discipline to cleanse and fortify the Pāṇḍavas during hardship.
Lomaśa addresses a revered interlocutor (contextually, a senior guide/authority) and urges him to help the Pāṇḍavas gain the spiritual merit of visiting holy places, framing pilgrimage as a purposeful response to their exile.