Shloka 30
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ये च पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु अभिषेककृतश्रमा: । मखेषु च समन्त्रेषु भवन्त्यवभूथप्लुता:
ye ca puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu abhiṣekakṛtaśramāḥ | makheṣu ca samantrēṣu bhavanty avabhūthaplutāḥ ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—আর যাঁরা পুণ্য তীর্থে অভিষেক-স্নানে পরিশ্রম করেন, এবং যাঁরা মন্ত্রসহ যজ্ঞে অবভৃথ-স্নানে শুদ্ধ হন—তাঁরাও সেই পবিত্র কর্মের শুদ্ধিদায়ক ফল লাভ করেন।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the dharmic value of purification through sanctioned rites—pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-abhiṣeka) and the avabhṛtha bath concluding a properly mantra-accompanied sacrifice—highlighting disciplined religious practice as a source of puṇya.
Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma by listing categories of people whose ritual actions are purifying and merit-producing: those who undertake strenuous ablutions at holy tīrthas and those who complete Vedic sacrifices and bathe in the avabhṛtha rite.