Shloka 146

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

दण्डाख्यमभिगम्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌ । तत्पश्चात्‌ चम्पामें जाकर भागीरथीमें तर्पण करे और दण्ड नामक तीर्थमें जाकर सहस्र गोदानका फल प्राप्त करे

Transliteration

daṇḍākhyam abhigamyaiva go-sahasra-phalaṁ labhet | tatpaścāt campāṁ gatvā bhāgīrathyāṁ tarpaṇaṁ kuryāt, daṇḍa-nāmaka-tīrthe gatvā sahasra-go-dānasya phalaṁ prāpnoti |

Translation

Pulastya berkata: “Dengan sekadar menziarahi tīrtha suci bernama Daṇḍa, seseorang memperoleh pahala setara dengan menghadiahkan seribu ekor lembu. Sesudah itu, pergilah ke Campā dan lakukan upacara tarpaṇa (libasi persembahan air) di sungai Bhāgīrathī; lalu, apabila sampai ke Daṇḍa-tīrtha, si peziarah meraih buah pahala seperti sedekah seribu lembu.”

Word by Word

दण्डाख्यम्called ‘Daṇḍa’ (place/tīrtha)

अभिगम्यhaving gone to / approaching

एवindeed / just

गोसहस्रफलम्the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (as a gift)

लभेत्would obtain / may obtain

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Daṇḍa-tīrtha

Campā

Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

go-dāna (cow-gift)

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?

The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage and sincere ritual acts (like tarpaṇa) can confer great merit comparable to major charitable gifts, emphasizing accessible dharmic practice, reverence, and inner intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya continues describing a tīrtha-yātrā sequence: the pilgrim goes to Campā, performs tarpaṇa in the Bhāgīrathī, and by visiting the Daṇḍa-tīrtha gains the merit said to equal donating a thousand cows.