Shloka 82
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
मार्कण्डेय उदाच वाक्शौचं कर्मशौचं च यच्च शौचं जलात्मकम् | त्रिभि: शौचैरुपेतो यः स स्वर्गी नात्र संशय:,मार्कण्डेयजीने कहा--राजन्! शौच तीन प्रकारका होता है--वाक्शौच (वाणीकी पवित्रता), कर्मशौच (क्रियाकी पवित्रता) तथा जलशौच (जलसे शरीरकी शुद्धि)। जो इस तीन प्रकारके शौचसे सम्पन्न है, वह स्वर्गलोकका अधिकारी है, इसमें संशय नहीं
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca—vāk-śaucaṁ karma-śaucaṁ ca yac ca śaucaṁ jalātmakam | tribhiḥ śaucair upeto yaḥ sa svargī nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
马尔坎德耶说道：“大王啊，清净有三种——言语之清净、行为之清净，以及以水成就的身净。具足这三种清净者，必得升天之资格；此无疑也。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true purity is threefold: disciplined and truthful speech (vāk-śauca), righteous and clean conduct in actions (karma-śauca), and physical cleanliness maintained through water (jala-śauca). Possessing all three is presented as a complete ethical-spiritual qualification leading to heavenly merit.
In Yudhiṣṭhira’s conversation with the sage Mārkaṇḍeya in the Vana Parva, the sage instructs the king on dharma by defining ‘śauca’ (purity) and its practical forms, linking inner moral discipline with outward cleanliness and describing its फल (result) as attainment of Svarga.