yudhishtra says to sage vidura, "You are a great devotee of Lord KrishhNa and you yourself represent all holiness. In your heart, the Lord is ever present. When a person like you has a bath in rivers, ponds or lakes, they also become sacred or holy. Thus, by your presence and companionship, we also become pure. When Ordinary people who commit many sins take bath in rivers they become impure, but when great people such as you take bath in such rivers, again these waters becomes pure and holy.

Many people might not be able to visit holy places. The scriptures say that for all people their parents and teachers are the sacred and holy places or rivers. For a noble woman, her family is itself the holy place. The Bhagavatam and the Bhagavad Gita also talk about the mental pilgrimages, which help to purify our hearts and minds. When a pot is filled with liquor, cleaning it externally will not really cleanse it and it will continue to be impure as long as it is filled with something impure. Similarly, when a person visits the holy places with an impure mind, such a visit cannot cleanse him thoroughly. Only when our hearts are pure, we can get mental peace and happiness while visiting holy places.

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