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Shloka 70

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

राजन! मानुषतीर्थसे पूर्व एक कोसकी दूरीपर आपगा नामसे विख्यात एक नदी है, जो सिद्धपुरुषोंसे सेवित है। जो मनुष्य वहाँ देवताओं और पितरोंके उद्देश्य्से भोजन कराते समय श्यामाक (साँवा) नामक अन्न देता है, उसे महान्‌ धर्मफलकी प्राप्ति होती है। वहाँ एक ब्राह्मणगको भोजन करानेपर एक करोड़ ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन करानेका फल मिलता है ।। ६७ -:५5९ || तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च पितृन्‌ वै दैवतानि च । उषित्वा रजनीमेकामग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्‌,वहाँ स्नान करके देवताओं और पितरोंके पूजनपूर्वक एक रात निवास करनेसे अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल मिलता है

rājan! mānuṣatīrthase pūrvaṁ eka-kośikā dūrīpar āpagā nāma-se vikhyātā ekā nadī asti, yā siddha-puruṣaiḥ sevitā. yo manuṣyaḥ tatra devatānāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca uddiśya bhojanaṁ kārayati, śyāmāka-nāmakaṁ annaṁ dadāti, sa mahān dharma-phalaṁ prāpnoti. tatra ekaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ bhojayitvā eka-koṭi brāhmaṇān bhojayituṁ phalaṁ labhate. tatra snātvā arcayitvā ca pitṝn vai devatāni ca, uṣitvā rajanīm ekām agniṣṭoma-phalaṁ labhet.

Sinabi ni Ghūlastya: “O Hari, sa silangan ng Mānuṣa-tīrtha, may layong humigit-kumulang isang krośa, naroon ang ilog na tanyag sa pangalang Āpagā, na dinadalaw ng mga ganap na pantas. Ang sinumang doon ay maghandog ng pagkain para parangalan ang mga diyos at ang mga ninuno—lalo na kung magbigay ng butil na tinatawag na śyāmāka—ay magkakamit ng dakilang gantimpala ng dharma. Ang pagpapakain sa isang brāhmaṇa sa pook na iyon ay sinasabing may meritong katumbas ng pagpapakain sa sampung milyong brāhmaṇa. At kung maligo roon, sambahin ang mga ninuno at ang mga diyos, at manatili nang isang gabi, matatamo niya ang meritong tulad ng sakripisyong Agniṣṭoma.”

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
अर्चयित्वाhaving worshipped
अर्चयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
दैवतानिthe deities
दैवतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदैवत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उषित्वाhaving stayed (having spent)
उषित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु) / उष् (निवासे)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
रजनीम्a night
रजनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
एकाम्one (single)
एकाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अग्निष्टोमफलम्the fruit (merit) of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमफलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम-फल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लभेत्would obtain / should obtain
लभेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
FormVidhi-lin (optative), non-past (modal), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

घुलस्त्य उवाच

G
Ghūlastya
K
King (rājan)
M
Mānuṣa-tīrtha
Ā
Āpagā river
S
Siddhas (siddha-puruṣas)
D
Deities (devatās)
A
Ancestors (pitṛs)
B
Brāhmaṇa(s)
Ś
Śyāmāka grain
A
Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

Educational Q&A

The passage teaches that sacred places (tīrthas) amplify ethical acts: feeding others with a dedicatory intention toward gods and ancestors, offering simple ritual grains like śyāmāka, bathing, worship, and even a single night’s disciplined stay can yield great religious merit—symbolically equated with major Vedic sacrifices.

Ghūlastya is guiding the king through a tīrtha-map: he points out the river Āpagā near Mānuṣa-tīrtha and describes the specific rites to perform there—charitable feeding, bathing, worship of deities and ancestors, and overnight residence—along with the traditional merit attributed to each act.