Shloka 76
Tīrtha-Māhātmya of the Sarasvatī Region and the Praise of Kurukṣetra
Pilgrimage Merits
सोमलोकमवाप्नोति नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ दधीचस्य नराधिप
somalokamavāpnoti naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | tato gaccheta dharmajña dadhīcasya narādhipa
人はソーマの世界に到る——ここに疑いはない。次いで、ダルマを知る王よ、ダディーチャ（Dadhīca）の聖地へ進むがよい。
Unspecified narrator (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage/merit discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सोमलोकमवाप्नोति = सोमलोकम् + अवाप्नोति; नास्त्यत्र = न + अस्ति + अत्र (संधिः: न + अस्ति → नास्ति; इ + अ → य; नास्ति + अत्र → नास्त्यत्र)
FAQs
Somaloka is the celestial realm associated with Soma (the Moon deity), presented here as a meritorious post-death destination attained through prescribed religious merit.
The verse reads like a sequential instruction within a merit/pilgrimage framework: after describing one spiritual result (Somaloka), it directs the practitioner to proceed to the next sacred locus associated with the sage Dadhīca.
It emphasizes confidence in scriptural merit-claims (“no doubt”) and encourages disciplined progression in dharmic practice—moving from one prescribed act or sacred place to the next under guidance.