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Shloka 88

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्रा भ्यां फलं विन्दति भारत | तीर्थ च सर्वदेवानां स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम

agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṁ phalaṁ vindati bhārata | tīrthaṁ ca sarvadevānāṁ snātvā bharatasattama ||

Ghūlastya nói: “Hỡi Bhārata, người ta đạt được công đức ngang với các lễ tế Soma Agniṣṭoma và Atirātra. Và hỡi bậc ưu tú của dòng Bhārata, chỉ cần tắm tại bến thánh này—được xem là nơi hành hương của mọi chư thần—cũng nhận được phần thưởng thanh tịnh ấy.”

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम्by (the sacrifices) Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम + अतिरात्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
फलम्fruit, merit, result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विन्दतिobtains, finds
विन्दति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (लभे/विन्दते)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तीर्थम्a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तीर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वदेवानाम्of all the gods
सर्वदेवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmai (usage)
भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas
भरतसत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतसत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

घुलस्त्य उवाच

G
Ghūlastya
B
Bhārata (addressee, a Bharata-descendant)
A
Agniṣṭoma (Soma-yajña)
A
Atirātra (Soma-yajña)
T
Tīrtha (pilgrimage site)
S
Sarvadevāḥ (all the gods)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that sincere pilgrimage-bathing at a revered tīrtha can confer merit comparable to great Vedic Soma-sacrifices, emphasizing accessible paths to purification and dharmic reward beyond costly ritual performance.

A speaker named Ghūlastya is describing the spiritual efficacy of a particular tīrtha: he tells the Bharata hero that bathing there yields the same religious fruit as performing the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices, thereby encouraging tīrtha-yātrā during the Pāṇḍavas’ forest sojourn.