Shloka 41
Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha
Indra–Namuci Expiation
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शल्यपर्वके अन्तर्गत गदापव॑नमें बलदेवजीकी तीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सारस्वतोपाख्यानविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
evaṁ vasiṣṭhāpavāhaḥ loke khyāto janādhipa nareśvara | iti sa sthānaṁ jagati vasiṣṭhāpavāha-nāmnā vikhyātaṁ abhavat | vasiṣṭaṁ bahāpayitvā saritāṁ śreṣṭhā sarasvatī punaḥ svapūrva-mārgeṇaiva vahantī babhūva |
ویشَمپاین نے کہا—اے نرادھپ! وہ مقام دنیا میں ‘وسِشٹھاپواہ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔ وسِشٹھ کو بہا لے جانے کے بعد، دریاؤں میں برتر سرسوتی پھر اپنے سابقہ راستے پر بہنے لگی۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places gain enduring authority through remembered encounters with sages; the narrative frames tīrthas as moral-spiritual landmarks where past events become guides for later generations.
A site becomes famous as ‘Vasiṣṭhāpavāha’ because of an episode in which Vasiṣṭha is ‘carried away’; afterward the river Sarasvatī resumes her earlier course, marking the conclusion of that sacred incident.