Shloka 128
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
विराजति यथा सोमो मेघैर्मुक्तो नराधिप । जातिस्मरमुपस्पृश्य शुचि: प्रयतमानस:
virājati yathā somo meghair mukto narādhipa | jātismaram upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ||
人中之主啊，正如明月脱离云翳便光辉照耀，凡人趋近此圣地之后亦复如是，焕然生辉。于名为“阇底斯摩罗”(Jātismara)之圣渡沐浴，便得清净，心志调伏而洗涤。居于此处，人不陷于不幸；又若亲近不坏、赐福的摩诃提婆鲁陀罗，便成就内外之净化。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage and ritual bathing at a sacred tīrtha, combined with disciplined intention, purify both body and mind; proximity to Mahādeva (Rudra) is portrayed as removing the ‘covering’ of impurity and misfortune, like clouds leaving the Moon.
Ghūlastya addresses a king and praises a specific sacred site—Jātismara-tīrtha—describing its power to prevent downfall and to purify the pilgrim, using the image of the Moon shining once clouds disperse, and linking the tīrtha’s efficacy to nearness to Rudra.