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 ||
ກູລັດສະຕະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ນາງຖືກເອີ້ນເຊີນຢູ່ ນາງກໍຖືກພຣະວິສນຸ—ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຜູ້ມີອຳນາດຫາທຽບບໍ່—ນຳໄປ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣ, ຄວນປະກອບພິທີອະພິເສກ (ພິທີສະໂຫຼຍນ້ຳສັກສິດ) ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ທີ່ທ່ານ້ຳສັກສິດຊື່ ‘ຕີຣຖະໂກຕີ’».
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.