Shloka 27
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
देवदारुवने स्नात्वा धूतपाप्मा कृतोदक: । देवलोकमवाप्रोति सप्तरात्रोषित: शुचि:
devadāruvane snātvā dhūtapāpmā kṛtodakaḥ | devalokam avāpnoti sapta-rātroṣitaḥ śuciḥ ||
“Quem se banha na floresta de Devadāru e realiza os ritos de água prescritos fica purificado do pecado. Se ali permanecer, em pureza, por sete noites, alcança o mundo dos deuses.”
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification is framed as both ritual and ethical: bathing at a sacred place, completing the proper water-rite, and maintaining purity for a set observance (seven nights) are said to remove sin and lead to higher spiritual reward (attaining devaloka).
Ajadriya describes the fruit of a specific sacred observance connected with the Devadāru forest: one bathes there, performs the prescribed water-ritual, stays for seven nights in purity, and thereby gains the merit that leads to the gods’ realm.