Shloka 603
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
तत्र गत्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ गमनादेव सिध्यति । धर्मज्ञ नरेश! तत्पश्चात् तीर्थयात्री परम उत्तम भर्तुस्थानकी यात्रा करे, जहाँ महासेन कार्तिकेयजी निवास करते हैं। नृपश्रेष्ठ! वहाँ जानेमात्रसे सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है
tatra gatvā nṛpaśreṣṭha gamanād eva sidhyati | dharmajña nareśa! tatpaścāt tīrthayātrī parama uttama bhartuḥ-sthānakī yātrā kare, yatra mahāsenaḥ kārtikeyaḥ nivāsati | nṛpaśreṣṭha! tatra jānēmātrase siddhiḥ prāpyate |
プラースティヤは言った。「王の中の最勝よ、ただそこへ赴くだけで成就（シッディ）を得る。ダルマを知る王よ、その後、巡礼者は主のこの上なく勝れた御住処へ旅立つべきである—そこには大軍神マハーセーナ、カールティケーヤ（Kārtikeya）が住まう。王の中の最勝よ、ただその地に到るだけで、事は成る。」
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the dharmic value of tīrtha-yātrā: certain sacred places are held to confer spiritual accomplishment simply through sincere arrival, highlighting faith, effort, and reverence as vehicles of merit.
Pulastya, instructing a king during the tīrtha-yātrā discourse in Vana Parva, directs the pilgrim to proceed to an exalted sacred abode associated with Mahāsena Kārtikeya, stating that merely reaching it yields siddhi.