Sutra 15
Devanagari script
तीर्थाभिषेचनं महाकच्छवर्धनं गवां श्मशानावदोहनं कबन्धदहनं देवरात्रिं च कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०४.३.१५ ॥
Transliteration
tīrthābhiṣecanaṃ mahākacchavardhanaṃ gavāṃ śmaśānāvadohanaṃ kabandhadahanaṃ devarātriṃ ca kārayet
Translation
He shall arrange sacred bathing/ablutions at tīrtha (pilgrimage-fords), the augmentation rite of the Great Tortoise (mahākaccha), the ‘cemetery-milking’ of cattle, the burning of corpses, and the Deva-night observance.
Word by Word
तीर्थाभिषेचनम्ritual ablution/consecration connected with a sacred ford/shrine
तीर्थाभिषेचनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ; अभि+सिच्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद (कारयेत् इत्यस्य)
महाकच्छवर्धनम्the act of promoting/increasing the ‘Mahākaccha’ (a named region/tract)
महाकच्छवर्धनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमहा; कच्छ; वर्ध्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगो
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (गो-शब्दः), षष्ठी बहुवचन; ‘अवदोहनम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः
श्मशानावदोहनम्milking (cows) at a cremation ground
श्मशानावदोहनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootश्मशान; अव+दुह्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद
कबन्धदहनम्burning of a headless corpse/trunk (kabandha)
कबन्धदहनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकबन्ध; दह्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद
देवरात्रिम्the ‘deva-night’ (a sacred/festival night)
देवरात्रिम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव; रात्रि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद; ‘च’ इति समुच्चयः
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
कारयेत्should cause (them) to be done / should have (them) performed
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (णिच्)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ्?—विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) ‘कारयति’ → ‘कारयेत्’ = ‘करवयेत्/करवापयेत्’
Entities Mentioned
T
tīrtha (ford/pilgrimage site)M
mahākaccha (Great Tortoise)G
go (cattle)Ś
śmaśāna (cremation ground)K
kabandha (corpse/carcass)D
devarātri (Deva-night)FAQs
Most directly, organized corpse disposal (kabandha-dahana) and coordinated public observances that manage fear, movement, and compliance; the rest function as legitimating and pacifying measures.