Shloka 8
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
शोणस्य ज्योतिरथ्याया: संगमे नियत: शुचि: । तर्पयित्वा पितृन् देवानग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्,शोण और ज्योतिरथ्याके संगममें स्नान करके जितेन्द्रिय एवं पवित्र पुरुष यदि देवताओं और पितरोंका तर्पण करे तो वह अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल पाता है
śoṇasya jyotirathyāḥ saṅgame niyataḥ śuciḥ | tarpayitvā pitṝn devān agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet ||
Wika ni Pulastya: “Sa tagpuan ng mga ilog Śoṇa at Jyotirathyā, ang taong may pagpipigil-sa-sarili at dalisay, kapag naligo at saka naghandog ng tarpana (pagbubuhos ng tubig na alay) sa mga diyos at sa mga ninuno, ay magkakamit ng gantimpalang iniuukol sa handog na Agniṣṭoma.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-restraint and purity, combined with reverent offerings to gods and ancestors at a sacred confluence, can yield merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma), highlighting the ethical-spiritual power of disciplined devotion and proper rites.
Pulastya is describing the spiritual efficacy of a specific tīrtha: bathing at the confluence of the Śoṇa and Jyotirathyā and performing tarpaṇa to devas and pitṛs is said to grant the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.