Shloka 36
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य शौचतीर्थस्थ देहिन: । बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य सुखं त्विह परत्र च
śarīra-gṛha-saṁjñasya śauca-tīrtha-stha dehinaḥ | buddhi-mārga-prayātasya sukhaṁ tv iha paratra ca ||
जो शरीर को अपना गृह मानता है, जो भीतर-बाहर की पवित्रता को ही तीर्थ समझता है और बुद्धि से कल्याण-मार्ग पर चलता है—उस देहधारी को इहलोक और परलोक, दोनों में सुख प्राप्त होता है।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True well-being comes to the embodied person who treats purity (inner and outer) as the real ‘tīrtha’ and who, guided by discernment (buddhi), follows the path of spiritual and ethical welfare; such a person gains happiness both in this life and after death.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right living, the sage Parāśara delivers a didactic statement: he redirects the idea of pilgrimage from external places to personal purity and wise conduct, promising auspicious results in both worlds.