Shloka 113

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

शिवोद्धेदे नर: स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌ । नागोद्धेदे नर: स्नात्वा नागलोकमवाप्नुयात्‌,शिवोद्धेदमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सहख्र गोदानका फल पाता है। नागोद्धेदतीर्थमें स्नान करनेसे उसे नागलोककी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

śivoddhede naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṁ labhet | nāgoddhede naraḥ snātvā nāgalokam avāpnuyāt |

Translation

グーラスティヤは言った。「聖なる渡し場シヴォッデーダ（Śivoddheda）で沐浴する者は、牛千頭を施すに等しい功徳を得る。ナーゴッデーダ（Nāgoddheda）で沐浴する者は、ナーガの界に至る。」

Word by Word

शिवोद्धेदेat (the tīrtha called) Śivoddheda

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

गोसहस्रफलम्the fruit (merit) of (donating) a thousand cows

लभेत्would obtain

नागोद्धेदेat (the tīrtha called) Nāgoddheda

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

नागलोकम्the world/realm of the Nāgas

अवाप्नुयात्would attain

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya

Śivoddheda (tīrtha)

Nāgoddheda (tīrtha)

Śiva

Nāgas

Nāgaloka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that tīrtha-bathing (snāna) is a dharmic act believed to yield specific spiritual results: immense merit comparable to major charity (a thousand cow-gifts) and even attainment of a higher realm (Nāgaloka).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the context of the Vana Parva’s tīrtha-yātrā descriptions, the speaker Ghūlastya enumerates the fruits (phala) of bathing at particular sacred sites—Śivoddheda and Nāgoddheda—thereby guiding the listener on pilgrimage benefits.