Shloka 140
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
ब्रह्मययोनिं समासाद्य शुचि: प्रयतमानस: । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र ब्रह्मलोक॑ प्रपद्यते
brahmayayoniṁ samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | tatra snātvā naravyāghra brahmalokaṁ prapadyate ||
பிரம்மயோனியை அடைந்து தூய்மையுடனும் கட்டுப்பட்ட மனத்துடனும் இருப்பவன்—நரவியாக்ரனே!—அங்கே நீராடி பிரம்மலோகத்தை அடைகிறான்.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred acts like bathing at a tīrtha bear their highest fruit when joined with śauca (purity) and mental discipline; inner intention and self-control are presented as the ethical prerequisites for attaining exalted spiritual results such as Brahmaloka.
The speaker, Ghūlastya, describes the spiritual efficacy of reaching a particular sacred source (Brahmayoni) and bathing there with purity and a controlled mind, assuring the addressee—addressed honorifically as ‘naravyāghra’—that such practice leads to attainment of Brahmaloka.