Shloka 118
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
इदं देवर्षिचरितं सर्वतीर्थाभिसंवृतम् । यः पठेत् कल्यमुत्थाय सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते
idaṃ devarṣicaritaṃ sarvatīrthābhisaṃvṛtam | yaḥ paṭhet kalyam utthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
Nārada berkata: “Kisah tentang resi ilahi ini dihimpun dengan pahala semua tempat ziarah suci. Sesiapa yang membacanya ketika bangun pada waktu fajar akan dilepaskan daripada segala dosa.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a phalaśruti: reverent recitation of a sacred seer’s narrative—especially at dawn—is itself a dharmic practice that confers purification, equated here with the accumulated merit of visiting all tīrthas, and leads to release from sin.
Nārada concludes or endorses the preceding sacred account by declaring its sanctifying power, praising it as containing the merit of all pilgrimage sites and prescribing dawn-recitation as a means to moral and spiritual cleansing.