Shloka 121
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
ह्वियमाणा हृता राजन् विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना | तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत तीर्थकोट्यां युधिष्ठिर
hviyamāṇā hṛtā rājan viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta tīrthakoṭyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira ||
ಘೂಲಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ರಾಜನೇ, ಆಮಂತ್ರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನಾದ ವಿಷ್ಣುವೇ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಅಪಹರಿಸಿದನು. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನೇ, ‘ತೀರ್ಥಕೋಟಿ’ ಎಂಬ ಆ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿಷೇಕವಿಧಿಯನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಬೇಕು.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the sanctifying power of a tīrtha and the dharmic value of prescribed rites: when a place is marked by divine action (Viṣṇu’s irresistible power), performing abhiṣeka there becomes a meritorious act of purification and devotion.
Ghūlastya addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, recounting that someone (a woman, implied by feminine participles) was called/invoked but was taken away by Viṣṇu; on that basis he recommends that Yudhiṣṭhira perform a consecratory rite at the pilgrimage site named Tīrthakoṭī.