Shloka 53
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
“बरगदकी जटासे अपने शरीरको रगड़े, राईका उबटन लगाये और दूधके साथ साठीके चावलोंकी खीर बनाकर भोजन करे तो मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है ।।
śakra uvāca | śrūyatāṃ cāparaṃ guhyaṃ rahasyam ṛṣi-cintitam | śrutaṃ me bhāṣamāṇasya sthāṇoḥ sthāne bṛhaspate ||
قال شَكْرا: «من فرك جسده بجذور شجرة البانيان المتدلّية، وتلطّخ بلبخةٍ من الخردل، ثم أكل أرزّ ṣaṣṭika مطبوخًا باللبن كحلوى (كِهير)، تحرّر من جميع الآثام. واسمعوا الآن سرًّا آخر—تعليمًا باطنيًّا تأمّله الرِّيشِيّون. لقد سمعته من فم بْرِهَسْبَتي، وقد قيل بحضرة سْثَانُو (شِيفا).»
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a ‘guhya rahasya’—a confidential dharmic instruction—grounded in sage-reflection and validated by transmission from Bṛhaspati in Śiva’s presence, implying that purification and release from wrongdoing are supported by authoritative, carefully preserved teachings.
Indra (Śakra) speaks and introduces an additional secret doctrine. He claims personal hearing of this teaching from Bṛhaspati, delivered in the presence of Sthāṇu (Śiva), thereby establishing the pedigree and seriousness of what he is about to explain.