Shloka 6

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

सस्नेहानामथोष्णेन तिलकल्केन वारिणा कार्पासिकानां वस्त्राणां सुद्धिः स्यात्सह भस्मना

Transliteration

sasnehānāmathoṣṇena tilakalkena vāriṇā kārpāsikānāṃ vastrāṇāṃ suddhiḥ syātsaha bhasmanā

Translation

Bei mit Öl oder Fett beflecktem Tuch erfolgt die Reinigung mit warmem Wasser, das mit Sesampaste vermischt ist; bei Baumwollgewändern wird die Säuberung zudem unter Verwendung von Asche vollzogen.

Word by Word

• स-स्नेहानाम्: of greasy (items)
• स-स्नेहानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सह-समासार्थ: 'with grease'); षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/प्रस्ताव (then/now)

• उष्णेन: with hot (water) / by heat
• उष्णेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (hot)

• तिल-कल्केन: with sesame paste
• तिल-कल्केन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + कल्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sesame-paste)

• वारिणा: with water
• वारिणा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• कार्पासिकानाम्: of cotton (items)
• कार्पासिकानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्पासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; 'of cotton (things)'

• वस्त्राणाम्: of cloths/garments
• वस्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'should be'

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Associative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with/together with)

• भस्मना: with ash
• भस्मना: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

Speakers

• Not stated in the provided excerpt (commonly framed as Pulastya → Nārada in this Purāṇa
• but not asserted here)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Dharma
• Shauca (Purity rules)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purity is treated as practical, material-sensitive discipline: different substances require different remedies. The ethical thrust is attentiveness and care in maintaining cleanliness for ritual fitness and social propriety.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not one of the five hallmark topics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It belongs to ancillary dharma/ācāra instruction commonly embedded in Purāṇas.

What is the symbolic significance?

Warm water, sesame paste, and ash symbolize graded purifiers: heat and friction remove clinging impurities; ash represents the drying/neutralizing principle often used in śauca contexts.