Shloka 106
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
यजनं याजनं चैव तथैव ब्रह्म बालुकाम् । पुष्पाम्भश्न उपस्पृश्य न शोचेन्मरणं गत:,वहाँ यजन, याजन तथा वेदोंका स्वाध्याय करके अथवा वहाँकी बालू, पुष्प एवं जलका स्पर्श करके मृत्युको प्राप्त हुआ पुरुष शोकसे पार हो जाता है
yajanaṁ yājanaṁ caiva tathaiva brahma bālukām | puṣpāmbhaḥ snātvopaspṛśya na śocen maraṇaṁ gataḥ ||
Sa banal na pook na iyon, ang sinumang magsagawa ng yajña at mangasiwa sa yajña, at gayundin ay mag-aral ng Veda; o kahit ang sinumang maligo at ayon sa ritwal ay humipo sa buhangin, mga bulaklak, at tubig doon—kapag inabot ng kamatayan, hindi siya lulubog sa dalamhati.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual merit and sacred contact—performing/assisting sacrifices, Vedic study, and even bathing and ritually touching the holy sand, flowers, and water—are presented as purifying acts that help one transcend sorrow at death, emphasizing dharma and the sanctifying power of tīrtha-related practice.
A speaker is praising the spiritual efficacy of a sacred locale (a tīrtha): those who engage there in yajña-related duties or Vedic study, or who perform simple acts like bathing and ritual touch, are said to attain a state beyond grief even if they die thereafter—typical of tīrtha-māhātmya passages in the Vana Parva.