Shloka 78
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च दैवतानि थ। न दुर्गतिमवाप्रोति वाजपेयं च,राजन्! ये सब तीर्थ रुद्रकोटिमें, कूपमें और कुण्डोंमें हैं। भरतशिरोमणे! वहीं इलास्पदतीर्थ है, जिसमें स्नान और देवता-पितरोंका पूजन करनेसे मनुष्य कभी दुर्गतिमें नहीं पड़ता और वाजपेययज्ञका फल पाता है
tatra snātvārcayitvā ca daivatāni tathā | na durgatim avāpnoti vājapeyaṁ ca, rājan | ye sarva-tīrthā rudrakoṭyāṁ kūpeṣu ca kuṇḍeṣu ca santi | bharata-śiromaṇe! tatraivailāspada-tīrthaṁ, yasmin snāna-devatā-pitṛ-pūjanena manuṣyo na kadācit durgatiṁ gacchati, vājapeya-yajñasya ca phalaṁ prāpnoti ||
古拉斯底耶说道：“大王啊，在那里沐浴并供奉诸神之人，不堕厄运，并得婆阇佩耶（Vājapeya）祭的功德。诸圣渡尽在其处——在鲁陀罗拘胝、在井边、在诸池中。婆罗多族的冠冕啊，就在那儿还有名为伊拉斯跋陀（Ilāspada）的圣地；于彼沐浴，并礼敬诸神与祖灵（pitṛ），人便永不至于恶终，且得婆阇佩耶之果报。”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage—bathing (snāna) and worship (arcana), including offerings to ancestors—purifies one’s destiny and yields great religious merit, symbolically equated with the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.
A speaker named Ghūlastya is describing the greatness of specific sacred sites (Rudrakoṭi and Ilāspada-tīrtha) to a king, explaining that bathing and performing worship there protects one from durgati (an evil end) and grants exalted sacrificial merit.