Shloka 88
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
कुरुक्षेत्रसमा गड्जा यत्र तत्रावगाहिता । विशेषो वै कनखले प्रयागे परमं महत्,गंगामें जहाँ कहीं भी स्नान किया जाय वह कुरुक्षेत्रके समान पुण्यदायिनी है। कनखलनमें गंगाका स्नान विशेष माहात्म्य रखता है और प्रयागमें गंगा-स्नानका माहात्म्य सबकी अपेक्षा बहुत अधिक है
kurukṣetrasamā gaṅgā yatra tatrāvagāhitā | viśeṣo vai kanakhale prayāge paramaṁ mahat |
Pulastya disse: “No Gaṅgā, onde quer que alguém se banhe, esse ato é tão meritório quanto banhar-se em Kurukṣetra. Ainda assim, a santidade é tida como especialmente distinta em Kanakhala, e em Prayāga a grandeza do banho no Gaṅgā é considerada suprema.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bathing in the Gaṅgā is broadly purifying and merit-giving wherever performed, yet tradition recognizes graded sacred potency among tīrthas—Kanakhala as especially distinguished and Prayāga as preeminent—encouraging both accessible devotion and reverence for renowned pilgrimage centers.
Pulastya, in a discourse on tīrthas during the Vana Parva, describes the relative sanctity of bathing places connected with the Gaṅgā, comparing general Gaṅgā-bathing to Kurukṣetra’s merit while highlighting Kanakhala and Prayāga as exceptionally powerful sites.