Shloka 55
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
उज्जानक उपस्पृश्य आर्टिषेणस्य चाश्रमे । पिड़ायाश्षाश्रमे स्नात्वा सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते,उज्जानकतीर्थमें स्नान करके आर्टिषिणके आश्रम तथा पिड़ाके आश्रममें गोता लगानेसे मनुष्य सब पापोंसे छुटकारा पा जाता है
Ujjānaka upaspṛśya Ārtiṣeṇasya cāśrame | Piḍāyāś āśrame snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
Having performed the purificatory touch and bath at the sacred ford of Ujjānaka, and bathing again at the hermitage of Ārtiṣeṇa and at the hermitage of Piḍā, a person is released from all sins. The passage underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethic of purification through pilgrimage and disciplined observance: sacred places, approached with reverence and proper rites, are presented as supports for moral renewal and the removal of accumulated demerit.
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