Shloka 53
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
वैवस्वतस्य सदनं न स गच्छेत् कदाचन । यस्य कन्याह्दे वासो देवलोक॑ स गच्छति
vaivasvatasya sadanaṃ na sa gacchet kadācana | yasya kanyāhrade vāso devalokaṃ sa gacchati ||
ज्याचा कन्याह्रदात वास होतो, तो वैवस्वत (यम) यांच्या सदनास कधीच जात नाही; मृत्यूनंतर तो देवलोकास प्राप्त होतो.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Residence at a revered tīrtha (here, Kanyāhrada) is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields puṇya, purifies one’s destiny, and leads to a heavenly afterlife—symbolized by not having to go to Yama’s abode.
The speaker is extolling the greatness (māhātmya) of a specific sacred place, stating the spiritual result of staying there: freedom from Yama’s realm and attainment of Devaloka after death.