पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । वाराहस्य हरेरिष्टं सदा वाससुखप्रदम्
pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | vārāhasya hareriṣṭaṃ sadā vāsasukhapradam
پُلستیہ نے کہا: اے بہترین بادشاہ! پھر اُس تیرتھ کی طرف جاؤ جو گناہوں کا نाश کرتا ہے—ہری کے ورَاہ روپ کو محبوب ہے اور ہمیشہ وہاں قیام کا سکون عطا کرتا ہے۔
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vārāha-tīrtha (designation implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)
Scene: Sage Pulastya instructs a king about a sin-destroying Varāha-beloved tīrtha; the scene balances royal attention, ascetic authority, and the implied sacred landscape.
Purāṇic dharma presents pilgrimage as a practical path: go to the Lord’s favored tīrtha to cleanse sin and gain auspicious well-being.
A Varāha-associated tīrtha, beloved of Hari in his boar-incarnation, within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa itinerary.
A direct injunction to visit (gacchet) the sin-destroying tīrtha.