Shloka 47
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
रामह्द उपस्पृश्य विपाशायां कृतोदकः । द्वादशाहं निराहार: कल्मषादू विप्रमुच्यते,रामहद (परशुराम-कुण्ड)-में स्नान और विपाशा नदीमें तर्पण करके बारह दिनोंतक उपवास करनेवाला पुरुष सब पापोंसे छूट जाता है
Rāmahṛda upaspṛśya Vipāśāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | dvādaśāhaṃ nirāhāraḥ kalmaṣād vipramucyate ||
रामह्रदेऽभिषिक्तस्तु विपाशायां कृतोदकः । द्वादशाहं निराहारः कल्मषाद्विप्रमुच्यते ॥
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical purification is linked to disciplined practice: sacred bathing, proper water-offerings, and sustained fasting are presented as a structured means to remove ‘kalmaṣa’ (moral stain) and restore dharmic purity.
The speaker enumerates the merit of a specific tīrtha-observance: bathing at Rāmahṛda, performing water-rites at the Vipāśā river, and then fasting for twelve days, which is said to free the practitioner from sin.