Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 24
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
कालिकाश्रममासाद्य विपाशायां कृतोदक: । ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिसत्रं मुच्यते भवात्
Kālikāśramam āsādya Vipāśāyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ | Brahmacārī jitakrodhas trisatraṁ mucyate bhavāt ||
जो कालिकाश्रम में पहुँचकर विपाशा नदी में विधिपूर्वक जलकर्म (तर्पण आदि) करता है और क्रोध को जीतकर ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करते हुए तीन रात वहाँ निवास करता है, वह भव-बन्धन से मुक्त हो जाता है।
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places yield their highest fruit when approached with inner discipline: performing proper rites, maintaining brahmacarya, and conquering anger. The verse links external pilgrimage with ethical self-mastery as the condition for liberation from saṃsāra (bhava).
Ajadriya describes a tīrtha-observance: one goes to the Kālikā hermitage, performs water-rites at the Vipāśā River (including ancestral offerings), and lives there for three nights while practicing celibacy and angerlessness; such a person is said to attain release from worldly bondage.