Shloka 55
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
उज्जानक उपस्पृश्य आर्टिषेणस्य चाश्रमे । पिड़ायाश्षाश्रमे स्नात्वा सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते
Ujjānaka upaspṛśya Ārtiṣeṇasya cāśrame | Piḍāyāś āśrame snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
聖なる渡し場ウッジャーナカ（Ujjānaka）にて浄めの触水と沐浴を行い、さらにアルティシェーナ（Ārtiṣeṇa）の庵とピダー（Piḍā）の庵で重ねて沐浴する者は、あらゆる罪過から解き放たれる。本文は、巡礼と規律ある実践による浄化という『マハーバーラタ』の倫理を強調する。敬虔と正しい作法をもって聖地に近づくとき、それは徳の刷新と積もり積もった悪業の除去を支える縁となる、と説く。
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere pilgrimage and proper ritual bathing at recognized tīrthas and sages’ hermitages function as means of purification, symbolizing ethical renewal and release from accumulated pāpa.
A speaker enumerates the merits of specific sacred sites: by performing ablution at Ujjānaka and bathing at the hermitages of Ārtiṣeṇa and Piḍā, one attains freedom from sins—part of a broader tīrtha-māhātmya (praise of pilgrimage places) section.