Shloka 29
भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat
एतेषु तीर्थेषु तदा काशिकन्या विशाम्पते । आप्लावयत गात्राणि व्रतमास्थाय दुष्करम्,महाराज! शुभकारक नन्दाश्रम, उलूकाश्रम, च्यवनाश्रम, ब्रह्मस्थान, देवताओंके यज्ञस्थान प्रयाग, देवारण्य, भोगवती, कौशिकाश्रम, माण्डव्याश्रम, दिलीपाश्रम, रामह्नद और पैलगर्गाश्रम--क्रमश: इन सभी तीर्थोंमें उन दिनों काशिराजकी कन्याने कठोर व्रतका आश्रय ले स्नान किया
eteṣu tīrtheṣu tadā kāśikanyā viśāmpate | āplāvayat gātrāṇi vratam āsthāya duṣkaram, mahārāja |
于是，噢，万民之主，那迦尸国的少女在那些神圣的渡口沐浴洗身，既已立下艰难之誓，噢，大王。叙事强调她苦行般的决意，以及誓愿之戒律所具的伦理力量——此力通过朝圣与仪式净化而得以贯彻。
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical power of vrata (a vowed discipline): steadfast commitment, self-restraint, and ritual-purity practices are portrayed as meaningful moral action, especially when undertaken with determination despite hardship.
Rāma narrates that the princess of Kāśī, having taken up an arduous vow, goes to various tīrthas and bathes there—an act of pilgrimage and purification that signals intense resolve and a purposeful religious undertaking.