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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.16.23

తతశ్చావభృథస్‍నానవిధూతాశేషకిల్బిష: । సరస్వత్యాం మహానద్యాం రేజే వ్యబ్భ్ర ఇవాంశుమాన్ ॥ ౨౩ ॥
tataś cāvabhṛtha-snāna-
[tatash chaavabhritha-snaana-]
vidhūtāśeṣa-kilbiṣaḥ
[vidhootaashesha-kilbishah]
sarasvatyāṁ mahā-nadyāṁ
[sarasvatyaam mahaa-nadyaam]
reje vyabbhra ivāṁśumān
[reje vyabbhra ivaamshumaan]
tataḥ — thereafter ca — also avabhṛtha-snāna — by bathing after finishing the sacrifice vidhūta — cleansed aśeṣa — unlimited kilbiṣaḥ — whose reactions of sinful activities sarasvatyām — on the bank of the great river Sarasvatī mahā-nadyām — one of the biggest rivers in India reje — Lord Paraśurāma appeared vyabbhraḥ — cloudless iva aṁśumān — like the sun.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tataś cāvabhṛtha-snāna-
tataḥ
thereafter
ca
also
avabhṛtha-snāna
by bathing after finishing the sacrifice
vidhūtāśeṣa-kilbiṣaḥ
vidhūta
cleansed
aśeṣa
unlimited
kilbiṣaḥ
whose reactions of sinful activities
sarasvatyāṁ mahā-nadyāṁ
sarasvatyām
on the bank of the great river Sarasvatī
mahā-nadyām
one of the biggest rivers in India
reje vyabbhra ivāṁśumān
reje
Lord Paraśurāma appeared
vyabbhraḥ
cloudless
iva aṁśumān
like the sun.
Thereafter, having completed the ritualistic sacrificial ceremonies, Lord Paraśurāma took the bath known as the avabhṛtha-snāna. Standing on the bank of the great river Sarasvatī, cleared of all sins, Lord Paraśurāma appeared like the sun in a clear, cloudless sky.

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (3.9) , yajṣārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ: “Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed; otherwise work binds one to this material world.” Karma-bandhanaḥ refers to the repeated acceptance of one material body after another. The whole problem of life is this repetition of birth and death. Therefore one is advised to work to perform yajṣa meant for satisfying Lord Viṣṇu. Although Lord Paraśurāma was an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he had to account for sinful activities. Anyone in this material world, however careful he may be, must commit some sinful activities, even though he does not want to. For example, one may trample many small ants and other insects while walking on the street and kill many living beings unknowingly. Therefore the Vedic principle of paṣca-yajṣa, five kinds of recommended sacrifice, is compulsory. In this Age of Kali, however, there is a great concession given to people in general. Yajṣaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ: we may worship Lord Caitanya, the hidden incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam: although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, He always chants Hare Kṛṣṇa and preaches Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One is recommended to worship this incarnation by chanting, the saṅkīrtana-yajṣa. The performance of saṅkīrtana-yajṣa is a special concession for human society to save people from being affected by known or unknown sinful activities. We are surrounded by unlimited sins, and therefore it is compulsory that one take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thereafter, Paraśurāma, by whom unlimited sins were destroyed in the Sarasvatī River by taking his avabhṛtha-snāna there, shone like the sun in a cloudless sky. He, because of whom all sins were destroyed by the bath in the Sarasvatī River, shone. The Sarasvatī obtained the power to purify persons of sin, like the Gaṅgā.
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