Shloka 172
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
ये नदीषु समुद्रेषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च । वृक्षमूलेषु गोछ्ठेषु कान्तारे गहनेषु च
ye nadīṣu samudreṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca | vṛkṣamūleṣu goṣṭheṣu kāntāre gahaneṣu ca ||
毗湿摩说：“我恒常礼敬那些主宰的神力——作为守护者遍在于江河与大海、山岳与洞窟、树根之下、牛舍之中，以及荒寂幽深的密林之地。承认他们在一切处所——自然之境、家居之所、偏远之域——的临在，便能培育敬畏、克制与合乎法（dharma）的觉知：此世为神圣秩序所充满。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate constant reverence by recognizing presiding divine powers in all locations—natural and human—thereby strengthening humility, restraint, and dharmic conduct.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he enumerates various places (rivers, oceans, mountains, caves, tree-roots, cow-sheds, wilderness) and offers salutations to the guardian deities believed to pervade them.