Shloka 18
Lomaśa’s Arrival and Report on Arjuna’s Divine Astras (लोमशागमनम्—अर्जुनदिव्यास्त्रलाभवृत्तान्तः)
मनसाप्यभिकामस्य पुष्कराणि मनस्विन: । विप्रणश्यन्ति पापानि नाकपृछे च मोदते,“जो मनस्वी पुरुष मनसे भी पुष्करतीर्थमें निवास करनेकी इच्छा करता है, उसके सारे पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं और वह स्वर्गलोकमें आनन्द भोगता है”
manasāpy abhikāmasya puṣkarāṇi manasvinaḥ | vipraṇaśyanti pāpāni nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate ||
แม้เพียงผู้มีใจแน่วแน่ตั้งความปรารถนาในใจว่าจะพำนัก ณ ปุษกระ บาปทั้งหลายก็ย่อมสิ้นไป และเขาย่อมรื่นรมย์บนแดนสวรรค์อันสูงส่ง
धौम्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere inner resolve toward a dharmic act—here, the wish to reside at the sacred tīrtha of Pushkara—has purifying power: it destroys pāpa and leads to heavenly joy. Intention (saṅkalpa) is treated as ethically and spiritually efficacious, not merely external action.
Dhaumya is praising the greatness of Pushkara as a tīrtha, explaining its फल (spiritual result). He emphasizes that even mentally aspiring to go and dwell there grants purification and heavenly reward, thereby encouraging reverence for pilgrimage and sacred places.