674 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13
bhavad-vidha bhagavatas
tirtha-bhiitah svayam vibho
tirthikurvanti tirthani
svantah-sthena gadabhrta

bhavat—your good self; vidhah—like; bhagavatah— devotees; tirtha—the
holy places of pilgrimage; bhiitah—converted into; svayam—personally;
bibho—O powerful one; tirthikurvanti— make into aholy place of pilgrimage;
tirthani—the holy places; svantah-sthena—having been situated in the

heart; gadabhrta—the Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION
My Lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personi-
fied. Because you carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you

turn all places into places of pilgrimage.
PURPORT

The Personality of Godhead is omnipresent by His diverse potencies
everywhere, just as electricity power is distributed everywhere within
space. Similarly, the Lord’s omnipresence is perceived and manifested by
His unalloyed devotees like Vidura, just as electricity is manifested in an
electric bulb. A pure devotee like Vidura always feels the presence of the
Lord everywhere. He sees everything in the potency of the Lord and the
Lord in everything. The holy places all over the earth are meant for
purifying the polluted consciousness of the human being by an atmosphere
surcharged with the presence of the Lord’s unalloyed devotees. If anyone
visits a holy place, he must search out the pure devotees residing in such
holy places, take lessons from them, try to apply such instructions in
practical life and thus gradually prepare oneself for the ultimate salvation,
going back to Godhead. To go to some holy place of pilgrimage does not
mean only to take a bath in the Ganges or Yamuna or to visit the temples
situated in those places. One should also find out representatives of Vidura
who have no other desire in life save and except to serve the Personality of
Godhead. The Personality of Godhead is always with such pure devotees
because of their unalloyed service which is without any tinge of fruitive
action. They are in the actual service of the Lord specifically by the
process of hearing and chanting. The pure devotees hear from the authori-
ties and chant, sing and write of the glories of the Lord. Mahamuni
Vyasadeva heard from Narada, and then he chanted in writing; Sukadeva
