Shloka 129
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
जातिस्मरत्वमाप्रोति स्नात्वा तत्र न संशय: । माहेश्वरपुरं गत्वा अर्चयित्वा वृषध्वजम्
jātismaratvam āpnoti snātvā tatra na saṁśayaḥ | māheśvarapuraṁ gatvā arcayitvā vṛṣadhvajam |
古拉斯底耶说道：“在那圣渡沐浴，必定获得忆念前生之力——毫无疑问。又若前往摩醯湿伐罗城（Māheśvarapura），礼拜牛旗之主（湿婆），并行斋戒（upavāsa），便能成就一切所愿；对此亦无丝毫疑虑。”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the transformative power of tīrtha-practice: ritual bathing, worship, and fasting are presented as disciplined acts that purify the person, strengthen spiritual insight (even to the point of recalling past births), and help fulfill legitimate aims when directed toward devotion and self-restraint.
Ghūlastya is describing the fruits of visiting specific sacred sites: bathing at a particular tīrtha grants jātismaratva (memory of former births), and going to Māheśvarapura to worship Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) with fasting yields the attainment of desired goals.