History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.841

v4.c63.t2.841

The Smṛtikaustubha explains that 'samudrayātrā' means 'tīrthayātrā' i. e. pilgrimage to holy places beyond the sea and that is forbidden here. But this seems to be wrong, as stated by Kṛṣṇabhaṭṭa on the Nir. S. The latter says that expiation is to be undergone only where a sea voyage is undertaken from worldly motives, but where a sea voyage has to be undertaken for reaching a holy place like the Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha, it is an inseparable part of the pilgrimage and therefore there is no necessity to undergo a prāyaścitta.¹⁸¹⁵