Shloka 6
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
वहाँ ब्रह्मा आदि देवता, तपोधन ऋषि, सिद्ध, चारण, गन्धर्व, किन्नर और बड़े-बड़े नाग निवास करते हैं ।।
tatra brahmādayo devāḥ tapodhanā ṛṣayaḥ siddhāś cāraṇā gandharvāḥ kinnarāś ca mahānāgāś ca nivasanti | tad vanaṃ praviśann eva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | tataś cāpi saricchreṣṭhā nadīnām uttamā nadī paramapuṇyā sarasvatīdevyā udgamasthānam, yatra sā plakṣanāmnaḥ vṛkṣasya mūlāt sravantī | rājan! tatra valmīkād utthitena jalena snānaṃ kartavyam |
彼处有梵天及诸天神，具大苦行之仙人，悉地者、查罗那、乾闼婆、紧那罗，以及威力宏大的那伽龙族居住。凡人但入此林，便能脱离一切罪垢。再往前，则有诸流之最胜、诸河之上妙——圣洁无比的萨拉斯瓦蒂女神之源头；人见其自名为普拉克沙（Plakṣa）之树根处滴沥而出。大王啊，当于彼处以自蚁丘（valmīka）涌出的水沐浴，因为那是极其殊胜的净化之地。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places are portrayed as moral catalysts: entering a holy forest and bathing at a revered source is said to cleanse sin, encouraging restraint, reverence, and renewed commitment to dharma.
The speaker describes a holy region inhabited by divine and semi-divine beings, then points out the exceptionally meritorious source of the Sarasvatī near a Plakṣa tree, advising the king to bathe in the water emerging from an anthill there.