Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
महाकाल ततो गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशन: । कोटितीर्थमुपस्पृश्य हयमेधफलं लभेत्,वहाँसे महाकालतीर्थको जाय। वहाँ नियम-पूर्वक रहकर नियमित भोजन करे। वहाँ कोटितीर्थमें आचमन (एवं स्नान) करनेसे अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है
Mahākāla tato gacchen niyato niyatāśanaḥ | Koṭitīrtham upaspṛśya hayamedhaphalaṁ labhet ||
继而当往名为“摩诃迦罗”(Mahākāla)的圣渡口而去。在彼处守持戒行、饮食有节;并于“俱底圣渡”(Koṭitīrtha)行阿遮摩那(ācamana,净口取水)并沐浴者,据说可得与马祭(Aśvamedha)等同之功德。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Great religious merit is linked not only to grand rituals but also to disciplined living—restraint, regulated diet, and ritual purity—performed with faith at sacred places.
The speaker is describing a sequence of pilgrimage actions: go to Mahākāla-tīrtha, stay there observing vows and moderation, then perform ācamana/bathing at Koṭitīrtha; doing so is praised as yielding the merit of an Aśvamedha.