Shloka 183
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति पूजयित्वा वृषध्वजम् | श्रीपर्वतपर जाकर वहाँकी नदीके तटपर स्नान करे। वहाँ भगवान् शंकरकी पूजा करके मनुष्यको अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है
aśvamedham avāpnoti pūjayitvā vṛṣadhvajam | śrīparvatapara gatvā tatra nadyāḥ taṭe snānaṃ kuryāt | tatra bhagavantaṃ śaṅkaraṃ pūjayitvā manuṣyo 'śvamedhayajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti ||
普拉斯提亚说道：“礼敬牛旗者（Vṛṣadhvaja，即湿婆Śiva），便可得马祭（Aśvamedha）之功。往圣山室利山（Śrīparvata），于彼河岸沐浴；在那地方崇拜商羯罗（Śaṅkara）者，即获马祭之果。”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that wholehearted worship of Śiva at a sacred tīrtha—combined with purifying acts like river-bathing—can confer the same spiritual merit as the grand Aśvamedha sacrifice, highlighting devotion and accessible dharmic practice over expensive ritual display.
Pulastya is describing a tīrtha-observance: one should go to Śrīparvata, bathe at the riverbank there, and worship Śaṅkara; by doing so, the pilgrim gains the fruit traditionally attributed to performing an Aśvamedha.