Shloka 14
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
दीर्घमायुरवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोक॑ च गच्छति । भरतकुलभूषण! तदनन्तर बदरिकातीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य दीर्घायु पाता और स्वर्गलोकमें जाता है ।। अथ चम्पां समासाद्य भागीरथ्यां कृतोदक:
dīrgham āyur avāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca gacchati | bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa! tad-anantaraṁ badarikā-tīrthe snānaṁ kṛtvā manuṣyo dīrghāyuḥ prāpnoti svargalokaṁ ca yāti || atha campāṁ samāsādya bhāgīrathyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ
Wika ni Pulastya: “Makakamtan niya ang mahabang buhay at makararating din sa daigdig ng langit. O hiyas ng angkan ng Bharata! Pagkaraan nito, matapos maligo sa banal na tawiran ng Badarikā, ang tao’y nagkakamit ng mahabang buhay at nakararating sa langit. Pagdating naman sa Campā, isinasagawa niya ang ritwal na handog na tubig (udaka-kriyā) sa Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā).”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage-dharma is framed as a disciplined practice: bathing at a tīrtha and performing water-rites with reverence are said to generate puṇya, bringing worldly well-being (longevity) and posthumous reward (svarga).
Pulastya continues instructing a Bharata prince about the sequence of sacred places to visit: after Badarikā-tīrtha (where bathing is praised), the pilgrim proceeds to Campā and performs the prescribed water-rite in the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā).