Shloka 101
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक मिताहारी और जितेन्द्रिय होकर तेईसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह वायु, शुक्राचार्य तथा रुद्रके लोकमें जाता है ।।
yo lagātāraṃ dvādaśa-māsebhyaḥ mitāhārī jitendriyaś ca bhūtvā trayoviṃśe dine ekavāraṃ bhojanaṃ karoti, sa vāyu-śukrācārya-rudra-lokeṣu gacchati. kāmacārī kāmagamaḥ pūjyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ, anekaguṇa-paryantaṃ vimāna-varaṃ āsthitaḥ.
毗湿摩说：若有人连续十二个月节制饮食、克制诸根，只在第二十三日进食一次，便能到达风神伐由（Vāyu）、阿修罗师舒克罗阿阇梨（Śukrācārya）与鲁陀罗（Rudra）之界。于彼处，他行动自在，所愿皆得，受众天女阿普萨罗（apsarā）群敬奉，乘住上妙天车（vimāna），以倍增之功德享受漫长岁月。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sustained moderation in food (mitāhāra) and mastery over the senses (jitendriyatā), practiced as a long-term vow, is a dharmic austerity that generates great merit and leads to exalted posthumous attainments.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes a specific year-long regimen—eating only once on every twenty-third day—then states the heavenly rewards: access to divine realms (of Vayu, Shukra, and Rudra), honor by apsarases, and residence in a splendid celestial vimāna.