Shloka 8

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

शोणस्य ज्योतिरथ्याया: संगमे नियत: शुचि: । तर्पयित्वा पितृन्‌ देवानग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्‌,शोण और ज्योतिरथ्याके संगममें स्नान करके जितेन्द्रिय एवं पवित्र पुरुष यदि देवताओं और पितरोंका तर्पण करे तो वह अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल पाता है

Transliteration

śoṇasya jyotirathyāḥ saṅgame niyataḥ śuciḥ | tarpayitvā pitṝn devān agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet ||

Translation

ಶೋಣ ಮತ್ತು ಜ್ಯೋತಿರಥ್ಯಾ ನದಿಗಳ ಸಂಗಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯನಿಗ್ರಹ ಹೊಂದಿ ಶುದ್ಧನಾದವನು ದೇವರುಗಳಿಗೂ ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೂ ತರ್ಪಣ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಅವನು ಅಗ್ನಿಷ್ಟೋಮ ಯಜ್ಞದ ಫಲವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

शोणस्यof (the river) Śoṇa

ज्योतिरथ्यायाःof (the river) Jyotirathyā

संगमेat the confluence

नियतःself-restrained, disciplined

शुचिःpure

तर्पयित्वाhaving satisfied (by libations)

पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)

देवान्the gods

अग्निष्टोमफलम्the fruit (merit) of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

लभेत्would obtain / may obtain

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Śoṇa (river)

Jyotirathyā (river)

Devas

Pitṛs

Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Self-restraint and purity, combined with reverent offerings to gods and ancestors at a sacred confluence, can yield merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma), highlighting the ethical-spiritual power of disciplined devotion and proper rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is describing the spiritual efficacy of a specific tīrtha: bathing at the confluence of the Śoṇa and Jyotirathyā and performing tarpaṇa to devas and pitṛs is said to grant the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.