Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 16
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
जिसके घर किसीकी मृत्यु हुई हो, उसके यहाँ मरणाशौचके तीसरे दिन अन्न ग्रहण करनेवाला ब्राह्मण बारह दिनोंतक त्रिकाल स्नान करनेसे शुद्ध होता है ।।
dvādaśāhe vyatīte tu kṛtaśauco viśeṣataḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo havir dattvā mucyate tena pāpmanā ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Kapag lumipas na ang labindalawang araw, ang taong nakatapos nang wasto sa mga ritwal ng paglilinis (śauca) ay nagiging lalo pang dalisay. Sa pag-aalay ng havis—banal na handog na pagkain—sa mga brāhmaṇa, siya’y napapalaya mula sa dungis ng kasalanang kaugnay ng karumihang dulot ng kamatayan.”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
After completing the prescribed twelve-day purification connected with death-impurity, one should finalize purification and give a sanctified offering (havis) to Brahmins; this completes the expiatory process and removes the remaining taint.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he outlines the concluding step after a twelve-day observance: special purification and a ritualized gift/feeding of Brahmins with havis, by which the person becomes free from the impurity-associated fault.