Shloka 24
Avanti–Narmadā–Puṣkara Tīrtha-Kathana (धौम्यकथितं तीर्थवर्णनम्)
धूतपाप्मभिराकीर्णा पुण्यं तस्याश्न दर्शनम् 'युधिष्ठिर! जहाँ पुण्यसलिला भागीरथी गंगा सरोवरमें स्थित थी। महाराज! जहाँपर उन्हें 'ब्रह्मशाला” यह पवित्र नाम दिया गया है। वह पुण्यतीर्थ निष्पाप मनुष्योंसे व्याप्त है; उसका दर्शन पुण्यमय बताया गया है ।। पवित्रो मड्नलीयश्व ख्यातो लोके महात्मन:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: dhūtapāpmabhir ākīrṇā puṇyaṃ tasyāś ca darśanam | yudhiṣṭhira! yatra puṇya-salilā bhāgīrathī gaṅgā sarovare sthitā | mahārāja! yatra tasyāḥ ‘brahmaśālā’ iti pavitraṃ nāma pradattaṃ | tat puṇya-tīrthaṃ niṣpāpa-manuṣyaiḥ vyāptaṃ; tasya darśanaṃ puṇyam iti kathyate || pavitro maṅgalīyaś ca khyāto loke mahātman ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“噢，坚战啊，那处圣地充满了罪垢已净之人；仅仅得见，便被宣说为具大功德。其间，婆伽罗提恒河——以自身圣水而清净——安住于一方湖中。噢，大王，正是在那里，她以清净之名‘梵天殿（Brahmaśālā）’为人所称。那神圣的渡处常有无罪之士往来，而其一瞥亦被说能生起福德；噢，大心者，此地在世间以既能涤罪又为吉祥而闻名。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes tīrtha-darśana: contact with a sacred place—especially one associated with the Gaṅgā—supports moral purification and the cultivation of puṇya. It frames holiness not only as ritual but as an ethical state: the tīrtha is ‘inhabited by the sinless,’ suggesting that virtue, community, and sacred geography reinforce one another.
Vaiśampāyana describes to Yudhiṣṭhira a renowned pilgrimage-site where the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā rests in a lake and is honored with the name ‘Brahmaśālā.’ He highlights the site’s fame, auspiciousness, and the belief that merely seeing it grants merit.