Shloka 76

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तिस््र: कोट्यस्तु तीर्थानां सरके कुरुनन्दन,कुरुनन्दन! सरकमें तीन करोड़ तीर्थ हैं

Transliteration

tisraḥ koṭyas tu tīrthānāṁ sarake kurunandana

Translation

Ghūlastya disse: “Ó Kurunandana, em Saraka há três koṭi—trinta milhões—de tīrtha, vaus sagrados de peregrinação.”

Word by Word

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कोट्यः: crores (tens of millions)
• कोट्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तीर्थानाम्: of pilgrimage-places
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सरके: in Saraka (a place-name)
• सरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus (O son of the Kuru line)
• कुरुनन्दन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Kurunandana
• Saraka
• Tīrthas (pilgrimage sites)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the vastness and sanctity of tīrthas, implying that pilgrimage and reverence for sacred places are traditional means to cultivate purity, merit, and dharmic orientation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ghūlastya addresses the Kuru prince (Kurunandana) while describing the sacred landscape, highlighting Saraka as a place containing an immense number of pilgrimage sites.