Shloka 21
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
अत्र विद्युत्प्रभा नाम जज्ञिरेडप्सरसो दश । अत्र विष्णुपदं नाम क्रमता विष्णुना कृतम्
atra vidyutprabhā nāma jajñire ’psaraso daśa | atra viṣṇupadaṃ nāma kramatā viṣṇunā kṛtam, uśīrabīje viprarṣe yatra jāmbūnadaṃ saraḥ |
अत्र विद्युत्प्रभा नाम जज्ञिरेऽप्सरसो दश । अत्र विष्णुपदं नाम क्रमता विष्णुना कृतम् । उशीरबीजे विप्रर्षे यत्र जाम्बूनदं सरः । तत्र मरुत्तेन राज्ञा यज्ञः कृतो महात्मना ॥
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dharma is sustained through remembrance of divine acts and through righteous royal conduct. Sacred places are not merely locations; they become moral landmarks because they preserve the memory of Viṣṇu’s cosmic stride and of a king’s exemplary sacrifice.
Yuparṇa points out a revered region: it is said to be the birthplace of ten Apsarases called Vidyutprabhā, it bears the mark of Viṣṇu’s step from the myth of measuring the worlds, and nearby at Uśīrabīja—by a golden lake—King Marutta is remembered as having performed a great sacrifice.