Shloka 52
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
कुरुश्रेष्ठ! तीर्थयात्री पुरुष शंखिनीतीर्थमें जाकर वहाँ देवीतीर्थमें स्नान करनेसे उत्तम रूप प्राप्त करता है ।। ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र द्वारपालमरन्तुकम् । तच्च तीर्थ सरस्वत्यां यक्षेन्द्रस्य महात्मन:
kuruśreṣṭha! tīrthayātrī puruṣaḥ śaṅkhinītīrthaṃ gatvā tatra devītīrthe snānena uttamaṃ rūpaṃ prāpnoti || tato gacchet rājendra dvārapālam arantukam | tac ca tīrthaṃ sarasvatyāṃ yakṣendrasya mahātmanaḥ ||
グーラースティヤは言った。「おお、クル族の最勝者よ。巡礼に出てシャンキニー（Śaṅkhinī）の渡しへ赴き、女神のティールタ（Devī-tīrtha）で沐浴する者は、すぐれた光輝ある姿を得る。そののち、おお王よ、『ドヴァーラパーラ』（Dvārapāla、またアラントゥカ Arantuka とも呼ばれる）という聖地へ進むがよい。その聖なる渡しはサラスヴァティー河にあり、偉大なるヤクシャの主に結びついている。」
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the dharmic value of tīrtha-yātrā: disciplined pilgrimage and ritual bathing at sacred fords is portrayed as a means to purification and the attainment of auspicious qualities (here, ‘excellent form’), encouraging ethical self-cultivation through sacred practice.
Ghūlastya continues instructing the king on a sequence of pilgrimage sites: first Śaṅkhinī-tīrtha and the Devī-tīrtha (where bathing yields a boon), then the next destination—Dvārapāla/Arantuka—located on the Sarasvatī and linked with a great Yakṣa-lord.