Shloka 55
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
मेधाविकं समासाद्य पितृन् देवांश्व॒ तर्पयेत् | अग्निष्टोममवाप्रोति स्मृतिं मेधां च विन्दति
medhāvikaṃ samāsādya pitṝn devāṃś ca tarpayet | agniṣṭomam avāpnoti smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati
普罗娑提耶（Pulastya）说道：“到达梅达维迦（Medhāvika，圣地/圣仪）之后，当以如法供献行‘塔尔帕那’（tarpaṇa，奠水供养），使祖灵（Pitṛ）与诸天欢喜。如此便得阿耆尼什托摩祭（Agniṣṭoma）的功德，并获得smṛti（记忆、忆念）与medhā（智慧、聪慧）。”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honoring both ancestors and gods through proper tarpaṇa is presented as a dharmic act whose fruit equals major Vedic sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma) and also refines the practitioner’s inner faculties—memory (smṛti) and intelligence (medhā).
Pulastya is instructing about the spiritual benefits of approaching a sacred observance/place called Medhāvika and performing propitiatory offerings to the Pitṛs and the devas, emphasizing its exceptional merit and its effect on mental clarity.