Shloka 80
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
मार्कण्डेयस्य राजेन्द्र तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम्
mārkaṇḍeyasya rājendra tīrtham āsādya durlabham | rājendra gomatyāḥ gaṅgāyāś ca lokavikhyāta-saṅgamasya samīpe mārkaṇḍeyajī-kṛtaṃ durlabhaṃ tīrtham asti | tatra gatvā manuṣyo 'gniṣṭoma-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti sva-kulasya ca uddhāraṃ karoti |
ຄູລັສຕະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ມີທ່ານ້ຳສັກສິດອັນຫາຍາກ ທີ່ສືບເນື່ອງກັບຣິສີ ມາຣະກັນເດຍ. ໃກ້ກັບຈຸດບັນຈົບອັນໂດ່ງດັງທົ່ວໂລກ ທີ່ແມ່ນ້ຳ ໂກມະຕີ ແລະ ຄັງຄາ ມາພົບກັນ, ມີຕີຣຖະຂອງຣິສີນັ້ນທີ່ໄປເຖິງໄດ້ຍາກ. ຜູ້ໃດໄປເຖິງທີ່ນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ບຸນຜົນເທົ່າກັບພິທີຍັດ ອັກນິສະໂຕມະ ແລະເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ວົງສາຂອງຕົນຖືກຍົກຊູ».
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage to a sanctified place connected with a great ṛṣi is presented as a dharmic act whose merit can equal major Vedic sacrifices, and that merit is understood to benefit not only the individual but also one’s family line.
A speaker named Ghūlastya is guiding the king through a catalogue of sacred places, pointing out a rare tīrtha of Mārkaṇḍeya located near the celebrated confluence of the Gomati and Gaṅgā, and describing the spiritual rewards of visiting it.