Shloka 173
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
तत् फलं तस्य भवति देव्याश्छन्देन भारत । भारत! तबसे उस देवीका “शाकम्भरी” ही नाम प्रसिद्ध हो गया। शाकम्भरीके समीप जाकर मनुष्य ब्रह्मचर्य पालनपूर्वक एकाग्रचित्त और पवित्र हो वहाँ तीन राततक शाक खाकर रहे तो बारह वर्षोतक शाकाहारी मनुष्यको जो पुण्य प्राप्त होता है
tat phalaṁ tasya bhavati devyāś chandenā bhārata |
“此等果报，皆由女神之意愿而赐予于他，婆罗多啊。”自此女神以“沙迦姆婆梨”（Śākambharī）之名闻于世。凡至沙迦姆婆梨近前，守梵行（brahmacarya），心专而净，于彼处住三夜，唯食蔬菜者，蒙女神恩泽，仅三日之间，便得与持蔬食十二年之人同等功德。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sincere discipline (brahmacarya), purity, and focused devotion at a sacred presence can compress long-term merit into a short observance when supported by divine grace; the ethical emphasis is on restraint, mental concentration, and reverent intention rather than mere duration.
The speaker explains the efficacy of approaching the Goddess Śākambharī: a three-night observance near her—maintaining celibate discipline and eating only vegetables—yields, by her will, the same spiritual merit that would normally require twelve years of such dietary restraint.