Shloka 11
अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving
अहोरात्रेण द्वादश्यां श्रावणे मासि श्रीधरम् । पञ्चयज्ञानवाप्रोति विमानस्थश्ष मोदते
Bhīṣma uvāca: ahorātreṇa dvādaśyāṃ śrāvaṇe māsi śrīdharam | pañcayajñān avāpnoti vimānasthaś ca modate ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—श्रावण मासातील द्वादशीस दिवसरात्र उपवास करून जो श्रीधर भगवंताची पूजा करतो, तो पंचमहायज्ञांचे फळ प्राप्त करतो आणि विमानावर आरूढ होऊन दिव्य सुखांत रमतो।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A disciplined observance—fasting for a full day and night on Śrāvaṇa Dvādaśī and worshipping Viṣṇu as Śrīdhara—is presented as a powerful dharmic act, yielding merit equivalent to the pañca-mahāyajñas and leading to exalted posthumous happiness.
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and religious observances, describes the फल (reward) of a specific vrata: worship of Śrīdhara on the Dvādaśī tithi in Śrāvaṇa with an ahorātra fast, resulting in great merit and heavenly enjoyment symbolized by riding a vimāna.