Shloka 24
बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya
Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī
।। तत्र स्नात्वा च दत्त्वा च वसूनि विविधानि च
tatra snātvā ca dattvā ca vasūni vividhāni ca
Là, après s’être baigné et avoir aussi fait des dons—dispensant diverses sortes de richesses—il accomplit les actes coutumiers de purification et de largesse, affirmant le dharma par la charité jusque dans la rude suite de la guerre.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma expressed through purification and dāna (charitable giving): after undertaking a cleansing act, one should also support others through gifts, reinforcing moral order even in difficult times.
The narrator describes someone at a particular location performing a ritual bath and then distributing various forms of wealth as gifts—standard dharmic observances that often accompany travel, sacred visits, or post-event rites.