Shloka 158
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
साहसख््रकं च तत्रैव द्वे तीर्थे लोकविश्रुते । उभयोर्हि नर: स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
sāhasrakhaṇḍaṃ ca tatraiva dve tīrthe lokaviśrute | ubhayor hi naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet ||
“Ali também há dois vaus sagrados, afamados em todo o mundo—um chamado Sāhasrakhaṇḍa e outro. Quem se banhar em ambos alcança mérito equivalente ao de doar mil vacas.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the dharmic idea that sincere pilgrimage and ritual bathing at renowned tīrthas can yield great spiritual merit, here expressed through the familiar benchmark of go-dāna (the gift of a thousand cows).
The speaker is describing notable pilgrimage sites in that region, naming two famous tīrthas and stating the specific merit obtained by bathing at both.