Shloka 109
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
धर्मज्ञ! वहाँसे क्रमश: “दीर्घसत्र” नामक तीर्थमें जाय। वहाँ ब्रह्मा आदि देवता, सिद्ध और महर्षि रहते हैं ।। दीर्घसत्रमुपासन्ते दीक्षिता नियतव्रता:,वे नियमपूर्वक व्रतका पालन करते हुए दीक्षा लेकर दीर्घसत्रकी उपासना करते हैं
Dharmajña! vahāṁse kramaśaḥ dīrghasatra-nāma tīrthaṁ gaccha. Tatra Brahmādayo devatāḥ siddhāś ca maharṣayaś ca vasanti. Dīrghasatram upāsante dīkṣitā niyatavratāḥ; te niyamapūrvakaṁ vratam ācarantaḥ dīkṣāṁ gṛhītvā dīrghasatrasya upāsanāṁ kurvanti.
Ó conhecedor do dharma! Dali, segue em ordem ao tīrtha chamado Dīrghasatra. Ali habitam Brahmā e os demais deuses, juntamente com os Siddhas e os grandes rishis. Ascetas consagrados, de votos disciplinados, veneram Dīrghasatra; tendo recebido a iniciação, observam seus votos segundo a regra e se devotam a esse rito sagrado.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places are approached not merely by travel but by disciplined conduct: initiation, regulated vows, and rule-bound observance (niyama) are presented as the ethical means by which worship becomes fruitful.
The speaker directs the listener—addressed as a knower of dharma—to proceed to the tīrtha named Dīrghasatra, describing it as a divine and sage-inhabited place where consecrated vow-keepers perform worship and long sacrificial observances.