Shloka 100
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
तत्र कूपोदकं कृत्वा तेन स्नात: शुचिस्तथा । पितृन् देवांस्तु संतर्प्य मुक्तपापो दिवं व्रजेत्
tatra kūpodakaṃ kṛtvā tena snātaḥ śucis tathā | pitṝn devāṃs tu saṃtarpya muktapāpo divaṃ vrajet ||
तत्र कूपोदकं कृत्वा तेन स्नातः शुचिस्तथा। पितೄन् देवान् च संतर्प्य मुक्तपापो दिवं व्रजेत्॥
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification is achieved through disciplined conduct: bathing (external cleanliness) combined with tarpaṇa to gods and ancestors (reverent duty and gratitude). Such dharmic observance is said to remove sin and lead to heavenly merit.
The speaker describes a prescribed act at a particular place: take well-water, bathe to become pure, then perform tarpaṇa for the gods and the ancestors. The verse states the resulting fruit—release from sin and attainment of heaven.