Shloka 66

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

तम्मिंस्तीर्थे महाबाहो स्नात्वा पापै: प्रमुच्यते । गड्जायां तु नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी समाहित:

Transliteration

tasmiṁs tīrthe mahābāho snātvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate | gaḍjāyāṁ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

മഹാബാഹോ! ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും. ഗംഗയിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് അവൻ ബ്രഹ്മചാരിയായി, സമാഹിതചിത്തനായി മാറുന്നു.

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

तीर्थेat the sacred ford/pilgrimage spot

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

पापैःfrom sins/evil deeds

प्रमुच्यतेis freed/released

गङ्गायाम्in the Ganga

तुbut/indeed

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate/student (brahmacārin)

समाहितःcomposed/collected (in mind)

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

tīrtha

Gaḍjā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is presented as a means of moral purification, but its deeper fruit is ethical transformation: renewed self-restraint (brahmacarya) and mental composure (samāhita).

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues a tīrtha-māhātmya-style instruction, describing the spiritual benefits of bathing at a particular sacred place and specifically at the Gaḍjā, emphasizing liberation from sin and the cultivation of disciplined conduct.