Shloka 6
The Greatness of Puṣkara: Tripuṣkara Pilgrimage, Sacred Geography, and the Doctrine of Self-Restraint
ब्राह्मणैर्वेदविद्वद्भिः कथं यात्रा त्रिपुष्करे । कर्तव्या यत्फलं तस्या जायते तद्वदस्व मे
brāhmaṇairvedavidvadbhiḥ kathaṃ yātrā tripuṣkare | kartavyā yatphalaṃ tasyā jāyate tadvadasva me
Como devem os brâmanes versados nos Vedas realizar a peregrinação a Tripuṣkara? Dize-me também qual fruto espiritual dela advém.
Unspecified interlocutor (a questioner asking about the Tripuṣkara pilgrimage and its merits)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ब्राह्मणैर्वेदविद्वद्भिः = ब्राह्मणैः + वेदविद्वद्भिः; यत्फलं = यत् + फलम्; तद्वदस्व = तत् + वदस्व
FAQs
It frames tīrtha-yātrā as an act ideally guided by Vedic knowledge and disciplined practice, asking specifically how learned Brahmins should undertake it and what spiritual merit results.
Tripuṣkara is referenced as a sacred tīrtha (pilgrimage site). The verse treats it as a place whose proper visitation has a describable “phala” (religious/spiritual fruit).
Religious acts should be done with right method (vidhi) and understanding, not merely by travel; the seeker asks for both procedure and purpose (the resulting merit).