Shloka 316
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
रूपस्यथ भागी भवति सुभगश्च प्रजापते । राजन! वहाँ ब्रह्मर्षि संवर्तकी दुर्लभ बावली है। उसमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सुन्दररूपका भागी और सौभाग्यशाली होता है
Pulastya uvāca: rūpasyātha bhāgī bhavati subhagaś ca prajāpate. rājan! tatra brahmarṣi-saṃvartakī durlabhā bāvalī asti. tasyāṃ snātvā manuṣyaḥ sundara-rūpasya bhāgī saubhāgyaś ca bhavati.
Wika ni Pulastya: “Pagkaraan nito, O hari, sa biyaya ni Prajāpati, ang tao ay nagkakaroon ng bahagi sa kagandahan at nagiging mapalad. Sa pook na iyon ay may isang bihirang balon na may hagdan, na tinatawag na Saṃvartakī, na kaugnay ng brahmarṣi na si Saṃvarta. Sa pagligo roon, nakakamit ng tao ang marikit na anyo at mabuting kapalaran.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the dharmic idea that contact with a sacred tīrtha—especially bathing with faith—can purify and confer auspicious qualities such as beauty and good fortune, reflecting the moral economy of merit (puṇya) in the epic.
Pulastya is describing a particular sacred site to the king: a rare step-well named Saṃvartakī, linked with the sage Saṃvarta. He states the फल (result) of bathing there—attaining handsome form and auspicious fortune.