Shloka 39
The Greatness of Puṣkara: Tripuṣkara Pilgrimage, Sacred Geography, and the Doctrine of Self-Restraint
न वियोनिं व्रजंत्येते स्नात्वा तीर्थे महात्मनः । कार्तिक्यां च विशेषेण योभिगच्छेत्तु पुष्करं
na viyoniṃ vrajaṃtyete snātvā tīrthe mahātmanaḥ | kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa yobhigacchettu puṣkaraṃ
హే మహాత్మా! తీర్థంలో స్నానం చేసినవారు దుర్యోనిలో పడరు. ముఖ్యంగా కార్తిక మాసంలో పుష్కరానికి వెళ్లినవానికి ఈ ఫలం విశేషంగా కలుగుతుంది.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher voice within the Adhyaya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: vrajaṃtyete = vrajanti + ete (i + e → ye). yobhigacchettu = yaḥ + abhigacchet + tu (ḥ + a → o; t + t → tt).
FAQs
It states that tīrtha-bathing is credited with protecting a person from falling into a “viyoni” (an unfortunate or morally degraded rebirth), indicating purification of karmic consequences through pilgrimage rites.
Kārtika is presented as a particularly potent time for religious merit; the verse intensifies the promise of auspicious results when pilgrimage and bathing are performed during this month.
Puṣkara is singled out as an especially meritorious tīrtha; visiting it (especially in Kārtika) is portrayed as yielding heightened spiritual benefit and protection from adverse rebirth.