Shloka 125
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर नारायण-स्थानको जाय। भरतनन्दन! वहाँ भगवान् विष्णु सदा निवास करते हैं। ब्रह्मा आदि देवता, तपोधन ऋषि, आदित्य, वसु तथा रुद्र भी वहाँ रहकर जनार्दनकी उपासना करते हैं। उस तीर्थमें अद्भुतकर्मा भगवान् विष्णु शालग्रामके नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं ।।
rājendra! tadanantaraṃ nārāyaṇa-sthānako jāyate. bharatanandana! tatra bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sadā nivāsam karoti. brahmādayo devatāḥ, tapodhanā ṛṣayaḥ, ādityāḥ, vasavaḥ tathā rudrā api tatra sthitvā janārdanasya upāsanāṃ kurvanti. tasmin tīrthe adbhuta-karmā bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śālagrāma-nāmnā prasiddhaḥ. abhigamya trilokeśaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇum avyayam, aśvamedham avāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati.
古拉斯提亚说道：“大王啊！其后便是名为‘那罗延圣所’（Nārāyaṇa-sthāna）的圣地。婆罗多的后裔啊，福德之主毗湿奴于彼处恒常安住。梵天与诸天神、以苦行为财的圣仙，以及阿底提耶众、婆苏众、鲁陀罗众，也都住在那儿，礼敬阇那尔达那。在那处圣渡，行奇功的毗湿奴以‘沙拉格罗摩’（Śālagrāma）之名著称。凡趋近那不坏的毗湿奴——三界之主、赐愿之尊——便得如同马祭（Aśvamedha）之功德，并往生毗湿奴之界。”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
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The passage elevates tīrtha-yātrā and devotion to Viṣṇu as powerful, ethically accessible means of gaining great merit: sincere approach and worship at a sacred place can yield the fruit of major royal sacrifices and lead toward a higher divine destination.
Ghūlastya describes a sequence of pilgrimage sites, highlighting Nārāyaṇa-sthāna where Viṣṇu is said to dwell. He notes that gods and sages worship there, that Viṣṇu is famed as Śālagrāma at that tīrtha, and he proclaims the spiritual reward for visiting and venerating the deity.