Shloka 1463
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणो हाग्निष्टोममवाप्नुयात् । अग्निधारातीर्थ तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात है। वहाँ जाकर स्नान करनेवाला पुरुष अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल पाता है
tatrābhiṣekaṁ kurvāṇo hāgniṣṭomam avāpnuyāt | agnidhārātīrthaṁ trīṇāṁ lokānāṁ vikhyātaṁ | tatra gatvā snānaṁ kurvan puruṣo ’gniṣṭomayajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti |
そこで灌頂の浄礼を行う者は、アグニシュトーマ（Agniṣṭoma）供犠の功徳を得ると言われる。アグニダーラー（Agnidhārā）と呼ばれる聖なる渡しは三界に名高く、そこへ赴いて沐浴する者はアグニシュトーマ・ヤジュニャの果報を得る――すなわち、信と節制をもって行う真摯な巡礼と浄化は、費え多き儀礼に等しい倫理的・霊的報いをもたらし得ることを示す。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere sanctification and bathing at a renowned tīrtha can yield the same spiritual merit as performing an expensive Vedic sacrifice like the Agniṣṭoma, emphasizing inner purity, faith, and disciplined conduct over mere material capacity.
In the tīrtha-māhātmya section of Vana Parva, the speaker praises Agnidhārā as famous in all three worlds and declares that one who goes there, performs the consecratory rite, and bathes attains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.