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Shloka 70

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

Pulastya’s Instruction

राजन! मानुषतीर्थसे पूर्व एक कोसकी दूरीपर आपगा नामसे विख्यात एक नदी है, जो सिद्धपुरुषोंसे सेवित है। जो मनुष्य वहाँ देवताओं और पितरोंके उद्देश्य्से भोजन कराते समय श्यामाक (साँवा) नामक अन्न देता है, उसे महान्‌ धर्मफलकी प्राप्ति होती है। वहाँ एक ब्राह्मणगको भोजन करानेपर एक करोड़ ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन करानेका फल मिलता है ।। ६७ -:५5९ || तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च पितृन्‌ वै दैवतानि च । उषित्वा रजनीमेकामग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्‌,वहाँ स्नान करके देवताओं और पितरोंके पूजनपूर्वक एक रात निवास करनेसे अग्निष्टोमयज्ञका फल मिलता है

rājan! mānuṣatīrthase pūrvaṁ eka-kośikā dūrīpar āpagā nāma-se vikhyātā ekā nadī asti, yā siddha-puruṣaiḥ sevitā. yo manuṣyaḥ tatra devatānāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca uddiśya bhojanaṁ kārayati, śyāmāka-nāmakaṁ annaṁ dadāti, sa mahān dharma-phalaṁ prāpnoti. tatra ekaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ bhojayitvā eka-koṭi brāhmaṇān bhojayituṁ phalaṁ labhate. tatra snātvā arcayitvā ca pitṝn vai devatāni ca, uṣitvā rajanīm ekām agniṣṭoma-phalaṁ labhet.

古拉斯提耶说道:“大王啊,在摩奴沙圣渡之东,约一拘舍之遥,有一条名闻于世的河流,名曰阿帕伽,常为成就仙人所游止。若有人在彼处为敬奉诸天与祖灵而设食施供——尤以施与名为‘沙耶摩迦’之谷粒为胜——便能获得广大法功德。据说在那地方供养一位婆罗门,其功德等同供养千万婆罗门。又若在彼处沐浴,礼敬祖灵与诸神,并留宿一夜,便得阿耆尼湿多摩祭之功德。”

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
अर्चयित्वाhaving worshipped
अर्चयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
दैवतानिthe deities
दैवतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदैवत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उषित्वाhaving stayed (having spent)
उषित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु) / उष् (निवासे)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
रजनीम्a night
रजनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
एकाम्one (single)
एकाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अग्निष्टोमफलम्the fruit (merit) of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमफलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम-फल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लभेत्would obtain / should obtain
लभेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
FormVidhi-lin (optative), non-past (modal), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

घुलस्त्य उवाच

G
Ghūlastya
K
King (rājan)
M
Mānuṣa-tīrtha
Ā
Āpagā river
S
Siddhas (siddha-puruṣas)
D
Deities (devatās)
A
Ancestors (pitṛs)
B
Brāhmaṇa(s)
Ś
Śyāmāka grain
A
Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

Educational Q&A

The passage teaches that sacred places (tīrthas) amplify ethical acts: feeding others with a dedicatory intention toward gods and ancestors, offering simple ritual grains like śyāmāka, bathing, worship, and even a single night’s disciplined stay can yield great religious merit—symbolically equated with major Vedic sacrifices.

Ghūlastya is guiding the king through a tīrtha-map: he points out the river Āpagā near Mānuṣa-tīrtha and describes the specific rites to perform there—charitable feeding, bathing, worship of deities and ancestors, and overnight residence—along with the traditional merit attributed to each act.