Shloka 12
Ruru–Pramadvarā: Lineage, Fosterage, Betrothal, and the Snakebite Crisis (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 8)
जातकाद्या: क्रियाश्चास्या विधिपूर्व यथाक्रमम् । स्थूलकेशो महाभागश्नचकार सुमहानृषि:,महाभाग महर्षि स्थूलकेशने क्रमशः: उस बालिकाके जात-कर्मादि सब संस्कार विधिपूर्वक सम्पन्न किये
jātakādyāḥ kriyāś cāsyā vidhipūrvaṃ yathākramam | sthūlakeśo mahābhāgaś cakāra sumahān ṛṣiḥ ||
Śaunaka sprach: Der große und hochbegnadete Weise Sthūlakeśa vollzog für das Mädchen ordnungsgemäß, der rechten Reihenfolge und den vorgeschriebenen Riten gemäß, alle Saṃskāras—beginnend mit dem Geburtsritus.
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dharma is upheld through disciplined, scripture-guided conduct: even personal and familial duties—like caring for a newborn—should be performed properly, in the right sequence, and with reverence for established rites.
Śaunaka reports that the sage Sthūlakeśa performed all the child’s prescribed rites, starting with the birth-ceremony, completing them correctly and in order—signaling the child’s formal acceptance and protection within dharmic society.