Shloka 6
अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving
तथैव फाल्गुने मासि गोविन्देति च पूजयन् । अतिरात्रमवाप्रोति सोमलोकं॑ च गच्छति
tathaiva phālgune māsi govindeti ca pūjayan | atirātram avāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati ||
ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಫಾಲ್ಗುಣ ಮಾಸದ ದ್ವಾದಶಿಯಂದು ಉಪವಾಸವ್ರತದಿಂದ ‘ಗೋವಿಂದ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮವನ್ನು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಿ ಭಗವಂತನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುವವನು ಅತಿರಾತ್ರ ಸೋಮಯಾಗದ ಸಮಾನ ಪುಣ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು, ಮರಣಾನಂತರ ಸೋಮಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sincere, rule-bound devotion—especially worship through the divine name “Govinda” with a fasting vow—can yield spiritual merit comparable to costly Vedic sacrifices, and is presented as a dharmic means to attain an auspicious post-mortem destination (Somaloka).
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and religious observances, states a phala-śruti: worshipping Govinda in the month of Phālguna (as part of a vrata, traditionally on Dvādaśī) grants the fruit of the Atirātra Soma-yajña and leads the practitioner to Somaloka after death.