Shloka 114
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्मानो जातवेदसम् | फल प्राप्रोति विपुलं देवलोके च पूज्यते
sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu juhmāno jātavedasam | phalaṁ prāpnoti vipulaṁ devaloke ca pūjyate ||
ਜੋ ਪੂਰੇ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਜਾਤਵੇਦਸ (ਅੱਗ) ਵਿੱਚ ਆਹੁਤੀ ਪਾਂਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਦੇਵਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਜਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained Vedic worship (offering into Agni) combined with rigorous self-discipline and fasting is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields great spiritual merit and leads to honor in devaloka.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes the reward for a practitioner who maintains agnihotra-like offerings for a year while eating only once every twenty-seventh day, emphasizing the exalted result of such austerity.