Shloka 39
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
वैवस्वतस्य तीर्थे च तीर्थभूतो भवेन्नर: । जो पवित्र भावसे मरुद्गण तीर्थ, पितरोंके आश्रम तथा वैवस्वततीर्थमें स्नान करता है, वह मनुष्य स्वयं तीर्थरूप हो जाता है || ३८ $ ।।
vaivasvatasya tīrthe ca tīrthabhūto bhavennaraḥ | yo pavitraṃ bhāvase marudgaṇa-tīrthaṃ pitṝṇām āśramaṃ tathā vaivasvata-tīrthe snānaṃ karoti sa manuṣyaḥ svayaṃ tīrtharūpo bhavati || tathā brahmasaraṃ gatvā bhāgīrathyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā tatraika-māsaṃ nirāhāro bhavati sa candralokaṃ prāpnoti |
Ang taong naliligo sa banal na tawiran ni Vaivasvata, at gayundin sa Bhāvasa-tīrtha, Marudgaṇa-tīrtha, at sa ermitanyo ng mga Pitṛ, ay nagiging isang buhay na tīrtha—ang kanyang mismong pag-iral ay nakapaglilinis. At higit pa: ang sinumang pumunta sa Lawa ni Brahmā (Brahma-saras sa Puṣkara), maligo sa Bhāgīrathī (ang Gaṅgā), maghandog ng mga libasyon sa mga ninuno, at manatiling walang pagkain sa loob ng isang buwan, ay makaaabot sa daigdig ng Buwan, ang Soma-loka.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage is presented as ethical self-cultivation: by bathing at revered tīrthas, honoring the ancestors through tarpaṇa, and practicing sustained fasting, a person becomes inwardly purifying (tīrthabhūta) and earns elevated posthumous states such as Candraloka.
Ajadriya enumerates specific sacred sites and rites—Vaivasvata-tīrtha and other tīrthas, then Brahma-saras (Pushkara) and the Bhāgīrathī—describing the spiritual results: becoming ‘a tīrtha’ oneself, and attaining the Moon-world through bathing, ancestral offerings, and a month-long fast.