Shloka 35
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
तत्पश्चात् सदा सिद्ध पुरुषोंसे सेवित गोदावरीके तटपर जाकर स्नान करनेसे तीर्थयात्री गोमेधयज्ञका फल पाता और वासुकिके लोकमें जाता है | वेणासंगममें स्नान करके मनुष्य अश्वमेधयज्ञके फलका भागी होता है ।। वरदासंगमे स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ब्रह्मस्थानं समासाद्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नर:
tatpaścāt sadā siddha-puruṣaiḥ sevitaṃ godāvarī-taṭaṃ gatvā snānena tīrtha-yātrī gomedha-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti vāsuker loke ca gacchati | veṇā-saṅgame snātvā manuṣya aśvamedha-yajñasya phala-bhāgī bhavati || varadā-saṅgame snātvā go-sahasra-phalaṃ labhet | brahma-sthānaṃ samāsādya tri-rātra-upoṣito naraḥ ||
普拉斯提亚说道：“其后，朝圣者前往常有成就仙人出入的戈达瓦里河（Godāvarī）岸边，在彼处沐浴，便得牛祭（Gomedha）之功德，并至婆苏吉之界。于韦那河（Veṇā）汇流处沐浴者，得分受马祭（Aśvamedha）之果。于瓦拉达河（Varadā）汇流处沐浴者，得施舍千牛之报；而抵达梵天之处（Brahma-sthāna）后，若能守持三夜斋戒，便以有纪律的克制获得净化之功德。”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that disciplined pilgrimage—marked by purity (snāna), restraint (fasting), and reverence for sacred places—can confer spiritual merit comparable to grand sacrifices, emphasizing accessible dharmic practice over mere ritual grandeur.
Pulastya continues a tīrtha-māhātmya section, listing specific riverbanks and confluences (Godāvarī, Veṇā-saṅgama, Varadā-saṅgama, and Brahma-sthāna) and stating the respective merits gained by bathing and undertaking a three-night fast.