Shloka 114
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
एवमेषा महाभाग प्रतिष्ठाने प्रतिछ्ठिता । तीर्थयात्रा महापुण्या सर्वपापप्रमोचनी,महाभाग! इस प्रकार यह सब पापोंको दूर करनेवाली महापुण्यमयी तीर्थयात्रा प्रतिष्ठानपुर (प्रयाग)-में प्रतिष्ठित है
evam eṣā mahābhāga pratiṣṭhāne pratiṣṭhitā | tīrthayātrā mahāpuṇyā sarvapāpapramocanī ||
Nārada disse: “Assim, ó nobre, esta peregrinação—sumamente meritória e capaz de libertar de todos os pecados—está firmemente estabelecida em Pratiṣṭhāna (Prayāga).”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage to a properly established sacred site—here Pratiṣṭhāna/Prayāga—is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that generates great merit and supports moral purification (release from pāpa).
Nārada, in the course of describing holy places and their fruits, affirms that this highly meritorious tīrtha-journey is firmly established at Pratiṣṭhāna (identified with Prayāga) and is famed for removing sins.