Shloka 48
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
कीर्तितं पुरुषव्याप्र सर्वपापविमोचनम् | य इदं कथयेन्नित्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्य:ः समाहित:
bhīṣma uvāca | kīrtitaṃ puruṣavyāghra sarvapāpavimocanam | ya idaṃ kathayen nityaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
毗湿摩说道：“噢，人中之虎！此事已被宣说为能解脱一切罪业之法。凡能摄心专注，常向婆罗门讲述此神圣因缘者——尤其在祭祀献供之时，以及于施行舍罗陀（śrāddha）奉献哈维亚（havya）与卡维亚（kavya）之际——其所献之供品将不虚不败、必得其果：能成就一切正当愿求，并以不坏之功德，真实抵达祖灵。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that faithful recitation and transmission of this sacred account—done with mental concentration and offered in the context of yajña and śrāddha—purifies sin and makes one’s ritual offerings efficacious, imperishable in merit, and truly beneficial to the ancestors.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he praises a particular teaching/passage as highly purifying. He tells the listener (addressed as ‘puruṣavyāghra’) that narrating it to Brahmins during sacrificial and ancestral rites ensures that the havya and kavya offerings become fruitful and reach the pitṛs with lasting merit.