Shloka 15
Ṛtucaryā, Āhāra–Aushadha Prayoga, Viṣa-haraṇa, and Mantra Procedures
गोरोचनां भृङ्गराजं चूर्णोकृत्यघृतं समम् / दिव्याम्भसः स्तम्भनं स्यान्मन्त्रेणानेन वै तथा / ॐ अग्निस्तम्भनं कुरु कुरु
gorocanāṃ bhṛṅgarājaṃ cūrṇokṛtyaghṛtaṃ samam / divyāmbhasaḥ stambhanaṃ syānmantreṇānena vai tathā / oṃ agnistambhanaṃ kuru kuru
Pulverisiert man gorocanā und bhṛṅgarāja und mischt sie zu gleichen Teilen mit Ghee (ghṛta), so kann man auch das Anhalten der „göttlichen Wasser“ durch eben dieses Mantra bewirken: „Oṁ—agni-stambhanaṃ kuru kuru“ („Oṁ—vollziehe das Stillstellen des Feuers, vollziehe, vollziehe“).
Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)
Concept: Mantra plus properly prepared substance is asserted to effect stambhana (arresting/halting) of a force.
Vedantic Theme: Śabda (mantra) as śakti when aligned with intention and procedure; disciplined action channels power.
Application: Treat as a traditional mantra-prayoga; for real hazards (fire/water control), rely on practical safety measures; mantra may serve as focus and calm.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.182 (mantra-assisted stambhana)
FAQs
This verse presents stambhana as a protective ritual act—using specific substances and a mantra—to restrain a harmful force (here expressed as agni-stambhana and the arrest of ‘divine waters’), indicating a tradition of remedial rites alongside moral instruction.
Directly it does not describe the soul’s journey; instead, it belongs to a ritual-technical section that supplies protective or remedial measures, which in the broader Preta Kanda context support rites performed around death, impurity, and transition.
It highlights that ritual actions are traditionally paired with precise ingredients and mantra-recitation; in modern practice, one may treat it as a textual reference for traditional liturgy, undertaken responsibly under qualified guidance rather than improvised use.