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Shloka 56

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

तत्पश्चात्‌ मेधाविकतीर्थमें जाकर देवताओं और पितरोंका तर्पण करे; ऐसा करनेवाला पुरुष अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल पाता और स्मृति एवं बुद्धिको प्राप्त कर लेता है ।। अत्र कालगज्जरं नाम पर्वतं लोकविश्रुतम्‌ । तत्र देवहदे स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,इस तीर्थमें कालंजर नामक लोकविख्यात पर्वत है, वहाँ देवह्दद नामक तीर्थमें स्नान करनेसे सहस्र गोदानका फल मिलता है

tatpaścāt medhāvikatīrthaṁ gatvā devatā-pitṝṇāṁ tarpaṇaṁ kuryāt; evaṁ kṛtvā puruṣo ’gniṣṭoma-yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti smṛtiṁ ca buddhiṁ ca labhate. atra kālagajjaraṁ nāma parvataṁ lokaviśrutam; tatra devahrade snātvā go-sahasra-phalaṁ labhet.

その後、メーダーヴィカの聖なる渡しに赴き、神々とピトリにタルパナを捧げよ。これを行う者はアグニシュトーマ祭の果報を得、記憶と知慧とを得る。同じ地には、世に名高き山カーラガッジャラがそびえ、そこにあるデーヴァフラダという聖なる池で沐浴すれば、千頭の牛を施すに等しい功徳を得る。

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
कालगज्जरम्Kālagajjar(a) (name)
कालगज्जरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालगज्जर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नामby name / called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
पर्वतम्mountain
पर्वतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लोकविश्रुतम्world-renowned
लोकविश्रुतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootलोकविश्रुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
देवहदेin Devahada (name of a sacred pool/place)
देवहदे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवहद
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
गोसहस्रफलम्the reward equal to (the gift of) a thousand cows
गोसहस्रफलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोसहस्रफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लभेत्would obtain / should obtain
लभेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Present (modal), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

पुलस्त्य उवाच

P
Pulastya
M
Medhāvika-tīrtha
D
Devatāḥ (gods)
P
Pitaraḥ (ancestors)
A
Agniṣṭoma-yajña
K
Kālagajjara-parvata
D
Devahrada

Educational Q&A

The passage teaches that pilgrimage is not merely travel but disciplined ritual action: offering tarpaṇa to gods and ancestors cultivates dharmic gratitude and continuity, and it is praised as yielding great sacrificial merit along with inner gains—strengthened memory (smṛti) and discernment (buddhi).

Pulastya continues a tīrtha-māhātmya (praise of pilgrimage sites), directing the listener to Medhāvika for tarpaṇa rites and then to the famed Kālagajjara mountain, where bathing in the Devahrada pool is said to confer the merit of donating a thousand cows.