Shloka 1456
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति नरो नास्त्यत्र संशय: । तदनन्तर वीराश्रमनिवासी कुमार कार्तिकेयके निकट जाकर मनुष्य अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त कर लेता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है
aśvamedham avāpnoti naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ | tad-anantaraṃ vīrāśrama-nivāsī kumāra-kārtikeyasya nikaṭaṃ gatvā manuṣya aśvamedha-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti, atra saṃśayo na vidyate |
غُلَستھیہ نے کہا—آدمی اشومیدھ یَجْیَہ کا ثواب پاتا ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ اس کے بعد ویرآشرم میں رہنے والے کُمار کارتِکَیَہ کے قریب جا کر بھی انسان اشومیدھ ہی کا پھل حاصل کر لیتا ہے؛ اس میں بھی کوئی تردّد نہیں۔
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage asserts that approaching a sacred presence—Kumāra Kārtikeya at Vīrāśrama—can confer merit equal to a grand royal sacrifice like the Aśvamedha, emphasizing the ethical-religious idea that sincere pilgrimage and reverence may substitute for costly ritual power.
A speaker named Ghulasthya describes the spiritual benefit available at a particular holy site: after reaching Vīrāśrama and going near Kumāra Kārtikeya, a person is said to gain the fruit of performing an Aśvamedha, with the statement framed as certain and doubtless.