Shloka 59
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
भरतवंशी महाराज! वहीं मातृतीर्थ है, जिसमें स्नान करनेवाले पुरुषकी संतति बढती है और वह कभी क्षीण न होनेवाली सम्पत्तिका उपभोग करता है ।। ततः सीतवनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशन: । तीर्थ तत्र महाराज महदन्यत्र दुर्लभम्,तदनन्तर नियमसे रहकर नियमित भोजन करते हुए सीतवनमें जाय। महाराज! वहाँ महान् तीर्थ है, जो अन्यत्र दुर्लभ है
bharatavaṁśī mahārāja! vahīṁ mātṛtīrthaṁ yatrasnānakāriṇaḥ puruṣasya santatiḥ vardhate sa ca kadācid akṣīṇāyāḥ sampadaḥ upabhogaṁ karoti. tataḥ sītāvanaṁ gacchen niyato niyatāśanaḥ. tīrthaṁ tatra mahārāja mahad anyatra durlabham.
噢，婆罗多族裔之王！彼处正是“母圣渡”(Mātṛtīrtha)：在那神圣的渡口沐浴之人，子嗣增长，并得享永不衰减的福富。其后，当守持戒律、节制饮食，前往悉多林(Sītāvana)。大王啊！彼处有一处宏伟的圣地(tīrtha)，他方难得一见。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links pilgrimage to ethical self-restraint: sacred bathing is presented as fruitful when paired with disciplined conduct and regulated diet, yielding social goods like continuity of lineage and stable prosperity.
A speaker addresses a Bharata-line king and recommends a sequence of pilgrimage sites: first the Mātṛtīrtha, praised for benefits of bathing, and then Sītāvana, described as possessing a great and rare tīrtha.