Shloka 30
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ये च पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु अभिषेककृतश्रमा: । मखेषु च समन्त्रेषु भवन्त्यवभूथप्लुता:
ye ca puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu abhiṣekakṛtaśramāḥ | makheṣu ca samantrēṣu bhavanty avabhūthaplutāḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “At yaong mga nagsumikap sa mga banal at mapagpala na tīrtha sa pagsasagawa ng abhiṣeka (ritwal na pagligo), at yaong sa mga handog na may kasamang mga mantra ng Veda ay nalinis sa pangwakas na paliligo ng seremonya (avabhṛtha)—ang mga taong iyon ay nagkakamit ng nagpapabanal na bunga ng mga banal na gawaing yaon.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the dharmic value of purification through sanctioned rites—pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-abhiṣeka) and the avabhṛtha bath concluding a properly mantra-accompanied sacrifice—highlighting disciplined religious practice as a source of puṇya.
Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma by listing categories of people whose ritual actions are purifying and merit-producing: those who undertake strenuous ablutions at holy tīrthas and those who complete Vedic sacrifices and bathe in the avabhṛtha rite.