Shloka 583
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
स स्नात्वा प्राप्स्यते लोकान् देहन्यासात् सुदुर्लभान् | “जो इस तीर्थमें एकाग्रचित्त होकर एक रात निवास करेगा, वह यहाँ स्नान करके देह- त्यागके पश्चात् उन पुण्यलोकोंमें जायगा, जो दूसरोंके लिये अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है”
sa snātvā prāpsyate lokān dehanyāsāt sudurlabhān |
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—جو کوئی یکسو دل کے ساتھ اس تیرتھ پر ایک رات قیام کرے، وہ یہاں اشنان کر کے اور پھر دےہ-تیاگ (موت) کے بعد اُن پُنّیہ لوکوں کو پاتا ہے جو دوسروں کے لیے نہایت دشوار الوصول ہیں۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brief, disciplined observance at a tīrtha—especially an overnight stay with concentrated mind and a purifying bath—is presented as a powerful dharmic act whose fruit extends beyond this life, granting access to rare meritorious realms after death.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration of the tīrtha-mahātmya within Śalya Parva, the sanctity and rewards of a particular pilgrimage site are being described, promising exceptional posthumous attainments to one who performs the prescribed stay and bath with focused intent.