Shloka 3

आदि पर्व — खाण्डवदाह प्रसङ्गः: पावकस्य याचनं तथा इन्द्रवर्षनिवारणोपायः

Adi Parva — Khāṇḍava episode: Agni’s request and the means to resist Indra’s rain

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यतीर्थ सौभद्रं पौलोम॑ च सुपावनम्‌ | कारन्धमं प्रसन्नं च हयमेधफलं च तत्‌,उनके नाम इस प्रकार हैं--अगस्त्यतीर्थ, सौभद्र-तीर्थ, परम पावन पौलोमतीर्थ, अश्वमेध यज्ञका फल देनेवाला स्वच्छ कारन्धमतीर्थ तथा पापनाशक महान्‌ भारद्वाजतीर्थ। कुरुश्रेष्ठ अर्जुनने इन पाँचों तीर्थोका दर्शन किया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Agastyatīrthaṃ Saubhadraṃ Paulomaṃ ca supāvanam | Kārandhamaṃ prasannaṃ ca hayamedhaphalaṃ ca tat |

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “(Nasaksihan ni Arjuna) ang Agastya-tīrtha, Saubhadra-tīrtha, at ang Pauloma-tīrtha na lubhang nakapagdalisay; gayundin ang Kārandhama-tīrtha na malinaw at payapa, bantog sa pagbibigay ng bunga ng handog na Aśvamedha.” Ipinapahiwatig ng talatang ito ang huwarang asal: ang paglalakbay-dambana at magalang na pagdulog sa mga sagradong pook ay daan ng panloob na pagdalisay at pagkamal ng kabutihang-loob, upang umayon ang kilos sa dharma.

Word by Word

• {'Vaiśampāyana uvāca': 'Vaiśampāyana said', 'tīrtha': 'ford

• pilgrimage site', 'Agastya-tīrtha': 'the sacred place associated with the sage Agastya', 'Saubhadra(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha named Saubhadra (traditionally connected with auspiciousness/‘of Subhadrā’ depending on context)', 'Pauloma(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha associated with Paulomā/Pauloma lineage

• described as highly purifying', 'supāvana': 'very purifying

• sanctifying', 'Kārandhama(-tīrtha)': 'a tīrtha named Kārandhama', 'prasanna': 'clear, tranquil, serene

• also ‘pleased’', 'hayamedha': 'Aśvamedha

• the horse-sacrifice', 'phala': 'fruit

• merit', 'tat': 'that (referring to the aforementioned/that place or merit)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Agastya-tīrtha
• Saubhadra-tīrtha
• Pauloma-tīrtha
• Kārandhama-tīrtha
• Aśvamedha (Hayamedha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tīrtha-darśana (visiting sacred fords) as a dharmic practice that purifies and yields merit, even being spoken of in terms comparable to great sacrificial results (like the Aśvamedha).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana enumerates a sequence of holy places encountered in the course of a pilgrimage narrative, naming several tīrthas and characterizing one as granting the fruit of the horse-sacrifice.