Shloka 13

Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide

Devanagari script

स्वयं वा शिश्नवृषणावुत्कृत्याधाय चाञ्चलौ / आतिष्ठेद् दक्षिणामाशामानिपातादजिह्मगः

Transliteration

svayaṃ vā śiśnavṛṣaṇāvutkṛtyādhāya cāñcalau / ātiṣṭhed dakṣiṇāmāśāmānipātādajihmagaḥ

Translation

Oder er soll sich selbst Penis und Hoden abschneiden, sie auf den Boden legen und, nach Süden gewandt, ohne sich zu beugen stehen bleiben, bis er niederfällt.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• शिश्न-वृषणौ: penis and testicles
• शिश्न-वृषणौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिश्न (प्रातिपदिक) + वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), द्विवचन

• उत्कृत्य: having cut off
• उत्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-कृद्/कृत् (धातु; ‘to cut’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अञ्चलौ: in the two hems (of the garment)
• अञ्चलौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/द्वितीया?—अत्र द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म) द्विवचन, ‘(द्वौ) अञ्चलौ’ (in the two hems/ends of garment)

• आतिष्ठेत्: should stand/keep (himself)
• आतिष्ठेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• दक्षिणाम्: southern/right
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आशाम्’ विशेषण

• आशाम्: direction
• आशाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• आनिपातात्: until falling down / from collapse
• आनिपातात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-नि-पत् (धातु) + घञ्/भाव (प्रातिपदिक ‘आनिपात’)
• Form: भाववाचक संज्ञा; पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• अजिह्मगः: not moving crookedly (straight)
• अजिह्मगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + जिह्मग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास (कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘जिह्मगः’ (crooked-goer) इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Vyasa (narration within a dharma/expiation section addressed to sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse does not teach Atman-metaphysics directly; it belongs to a prayāścitta/tapas context, emphasizing bodily discipline and the gravity of certain transgressions rather than non-dual Self-doctrine.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Not meditation in the Pāśupata-yoga sense, but an extreme austerity: standing upright, facing south, unmoving until collapse—used as a form of expiatory tapas within dharma regulations.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its place in the Kurma Purana reflects the text’s broader dharma-tapas framework that later supports Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, but this specific śloka is purely expiatory.