Shloka 7
Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins
यत्रस्थ श्षिन्तयामास दैत्यदानवविग्रहम् । तत् प्राप्य च बलो राजंस्तीर्थप्रवरमुत्तमम्
yatrāsthaḥ śaś cintayāmāsa daityadānavavigraham | tat prāpya ca balo rājāṁs tīrthapravaram uttamam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「彼はそこに立ち、ダイティヤとダーナヴァの抗争を思い巡らした。その地に至ったバラ王は、諸ティールタの中でも第一と称えられる、最上の巡礼の渡し場へと到った。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how sacred places (tīrthas) preserve moral and mythic memory: reflection on past conflicts becomes a means to orient oneself toward higher values, restraint, and the pursuit of auspicious merit through pilgrimage.
The narrator states that the person present there contemplates an ancient struggle between Daityas and Dānavas, and that King Bala arrives at that foremost sacred tīrtha, setting the scene for the significance of the place and its associated tradition.