Shloka 71
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ । तीर्थ कुरुवरश्रेष्ठ त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्वुतम्,भरतवंशावतंस कुरुश्रेष्ठी] उनकी परिक्रमा करके त्रिभुवन-विख्यात “दमी” नामक तीर्थमें जाय, जो सब पापोंका नाश करनेवाला है। वहाँ ब्रह्मा आदि देवता भगवान् महेश्वरकी उपासना करते हैं
pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gacchet bharatarṣabha | tīrtha kuruvarāśreṣṭha triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam |
“Sau khi đi nhiễu (pradakṣiṇā) quanh nơi ấy rồi quay lại, hỡi bậc tráng kiện nhất trong dòng Bhārata, hãy tiến đến thánh địa ấy—nơi được danh tiếng vang khắp ba cõi.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined reverence and purposeful spiritual practice: one honors the sacred through pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) and then proceeds to a renowned tīrtha, implying that right conduct and devotion are enacted through embodied, respectful actions.
A speaker gives pilgrimage directions to a Bharata/Kuru hero, instructing him to circumambulate and then travel onward to a famous sacred ford celebrated across the three worlds.