Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
कुमारकोटिमासाद्य नियत: कुरुनन्दन । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रत:,कुरुनन्दन! वहाँसे कुमारकोटितीर्थमें जाकर वहाँ नियमपूर्वक स्नान करे और देवता तथा पितरोंके पूजनमें तत्पर रहे
kumārakoṭim āsādya niyataḥ kurunandana | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ ||
「クル族の喜びよ。クマーラコーティ(Kumārakoṭi)と呼ばれる聖なる渡し場に至ったなら、戒めを守ってそこで沐浴し、神々と祖霊への礼拝と供物に心を尽くして励むべきである。」
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Dharma is upheld through disciplined sacred practice: one should approach a tīrtha with niyama (self-restraint and rule-bound conduct), perform purifying bath/ablution, and actively honor both devas and pitṛs—linking personal purification with gratitude and duty to cosmic and familial orders.
The speaker (Ghulastya) gives a prescriptive instruction to a Kuru prince: go to the Kumārakoṭi pilgrimage site, bathe there according to observances, and engage in worship of the gods and offerings to the ancestors, as part of a broader tīrtha-yātrā or dharmic guidance sequence.