Shloka 23
प्रयागं च प्रभासं च पुण्यं नैमिषमेव च । तच्च विश्वेश्वरस्थानं यत्र तद्विमलं सर:
bhīṣma uvāca | prayāgaṃ ca prabhāsaṃ ca puṇyaṃ naimiṣam eva ca | tacca viśveśvarasthānaṃ yatra tad vimalaṃ saraḥ ||
毗湿摩曰：“（我今祈请）普罗耶伽（Prayāga）、普罗婆娑（Prabhāsa）、圣洁的奈弥沙林（Naimiṣa），以及毗湿韦湿伐罗（Viśveśvara）之座——其处有无垢清湖。愿这些神圣的渡口圣地（tīrtha），并一切天神、仙圣、天众、江河、山岳、时序与宇宙之力（或名或无名），恒常护佑我等。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Remembering and honoring sacred tīrthas and the divine order is presented as a means of purification and protection; it reinforces dharmic conduct by orienting the mind toward what is holy and sin-destroying.
Bhishma is reciting an invocation that names major pilgrimage sites—Prayāga, Prabhāsa, and Naimiṣa—and a Śiva-associated holy locus (Viśveśvara’s seat with a pure lake), as part of a broader protective remembrance that calls upon sacred places and cosmic powers to safeguard the listener.