Shloka 12
Viṣṇor Māhātmya and Indriya-saṃyama (विष्णोर्माहात्म्यं तथा इन्द्रियसंयमः)
एवमुक्ता निवृत्ता सा प्रविष्टा यज्ञपावकम् । कि नु दुश्चरितं यज्ञे दिदृक्षु: सा रसातलम्
evam uktā nivṛttā sā praviṣṭā yajñapāvakam | ki nu duścaritaṁ yajñe didṛkṣuḥ sā rasātalam ||
ଏପରି ଉତ୍ତର ପାଇ ସାବିତ୍ରୀ ଦେବୀ ବିରତ ହୋଇ ଫେରିଗଲେ ଏବଂ ଯଜ୍ଞପାବକରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲେ। ଯଜ୍ଞରେ କେଉଁ ଦୁଶ୍ଚରିତ କିମ୍ବା ତ୍ରୁଟି ଅଛି—ତାହା ଦେଖିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ ସେ ଆସିଥିଲେ; ପରେ ସେ ରସାତଳକୁ ଗଲେ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores ritual accountability: even a sacrifice must be examined for ethical or procedural fault (duścarita). It implies that religious acts are not beyond scrutiny; dharma requires vigilance about purity of means, not merely the outward performance.
Nārada narrates that the woman, after receiving an answer, withdraws and enters the sacrificial fire. Her purpose in coming was to check whether any misdeed or flaw was present in the yajña; afterward she proceeds to Rasātala, a netherworld realm.