Shloka 10
Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
प्रतिग्रहादपावृत्त: संतुष्टो येन केनचित् | अहंकारनिवृत्तश्न स तीर्थफलमश्षुते,जो प्रतिग्रहसे दूर रहे तथा जो कुछ अपने पास हो, उसीसे संतुष्ट रहे और जिसमें अहंकारका अभाव हो, वही तीर्थका फल पाता है
pratigrahād apāvṛttaḥ santuṣṭo yena kenacit | ahaṅkāra-nivṛttaś ca sa tīrtha-phalam aśnute ||
যি প্ৰতিগ্ৰহ (উপহাৰ-দান গ্ৰহণ)ৰ পৰা আঁতৰি থাকে, যি যি পায় তাতেই সন্তুষ্ট থাকে, আৰু যাৰ অহংকাৰ নিবৃত্ত—সেই তীৰ্থফল লাভ কৰে।
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the true fruit of pilgrimage comes from inner virtues: refusing dependence on gifts (pratigraha), being content with whatever one has, and being free from ego. Sacred travel is validated by ethical self-restraint and humility.
In the Vana Parva’s discussion on tīrthas and religious merit, the speaker emphasizes that external acts like visiting holy places are incomplete without inner purification. The verse reframes pilgrimage as a moral and spiritual discipline rather than a merely physical journey.