Shloka 12
अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्
Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed
यत्रावगाहा पीत्वा च नैनं श्वोमरणं तपेत् । महासर: पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे
yatrāvagāhya pītvā ca nainaṃ śvomaraṇaṃ tapet | mahāsaraḥ puṣkarāṇi prabhāsottaramānase |
绍那迦说道：“在那圣处，沐浴并饮其水后，人便不再为‘明日即死’之惧所折磨；他成为已尽其所当尽者（kṛtakṛtya），因此不复畏死。若你前往普什迦罗（Puṣkara）大湖、普拉婆娑（Prabhāsa）、北摩那萨（Uttara-mānasa）、迦罗陀迦（Kālodaka）、德利沙德伽瓦蒂（Dṛṣadgavatī）、萨拉斯瓦蒂河的汇合处，以及摩那萨湖（Mānasa-sarovara）等诸圣渡沐浴，你将再得长寿，以续此生。”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage and ritual purification at renowned tīrthas—especially bathing and drinking their waters—symbolize completing one’s religious duties (kṛtakṛtyatā), which dissolves anxiety about imminent death and is said to confer renewed vitality and longevity.
Śaunaka is describing the power of specific sacred sites (Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Uttara-mānasa, Kālodaka, Dṛṣadgavatī, the Sarasvatī confluence, and Mānasarovara), advising that bathing there and drinking the water removes fear of near death and grants long life.