Shloka 32

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

पञ्च पिण्डाननुधृत्य न स्त्रायात् परवारिणि । स्त्रायीत देवखातेṣu गङ्गाह्रदसरित्सु च ॥

Transliteration

pañca piṇḍān anudhṛtya na strāyāt paravāriṇi / strāyīta devakhāteṣu gaṅgā-hrad-saritsu ca

Translation

Nachdem man die fünf Piṇḍas genommen (oder beiseitegelegt) hat, soll man nicht im Wasser eines anderen baden, also nicht in einer privaten, besessenen Wasserquelle. Wohl aber darf man in den den Göttern geweihten Becken baden sowie in der Gaṅgā, in Seen und Flüssen.

Speakers

• Dharma-instruction voice within the Purāṇic discourse (didactic narration; not Devi Māhātmya)

Primary Deities

• Gaṅgā (as sacred river)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śauca (purity)
• Snāna (bathing)
• Sacred geography