Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
प्राप्रुयात् स नरो लोकान् ब्रह्मण: सदने$क्षयान् | विशेषतः कार्तिकमासकी पूर्णिमाको जो पुष्करतीर्थमें स्नानके लिये जाता है, वह मनुष्य ब्रह्मधाममें अक्षय लोकोंको प्राप्त होता है
prāpnuyāt sa naro lokān brahmaṇaḥ sadane'kṣayān | viśeṣataḥ kārtikamāsakī pūrṇimāyāṁ yaḥ puṣkaratīrthe snānāya gacchati sa naro brahmadhāmni'kṣayān lokān prāpnoti ||
その者は梵天の住処にある不滅の諸世界に到る。とりわけ、カールティカ月(Kārtika)の満月の日に、プシュカラ(Puṣkara)の聖なる渡し場へ沐浴のため赴く者は、梵天界に至り、尽きることなく衰えぬ天上の世界を得る。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
The verse teaches that sincere observance of sacred time and place—especially bathing at Puṣkara on Kārtika Pūrṇimā—produces enduring spiritual merit, culminating in attainment of imperishable realms in Brahmā’s abode.
Within the Vana Parva’s tīrtha-māhātmya context, the speaker praises the फल (result) of a specific pilgrimage act: going to Puṣkara for a ritual bath on the Kārtika full moon, describing the exalted posthumous destination it grants.