Shloka 22

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Devanagari script

सौरेण तीर्थतोयेन पूर्णं रत्नसमन्वितम् सर्वान्सर्वौषधैर्युक्तान् पञ्चगव्यसमन्वितान् पञ्चरत्नफलैः पुष्पैर् वासोभिः परिवेष्टयेत् //

Transliteration

saureṇa tīrthatoyena pūrṇaṃ ratnasamanvitam sarvānsarvauṣadhairyuktān pañcagavyasamanvitān pañcaratnaphalaiḥ puṣpair vāsobhiḥ pariveṣṭayet //

Translation

One should fill it with sacred pilgrimage-water (tīrtha) consecrated for Sūrya, furnish it with gems, mix in all auspicious medicinal herbs, and add the pañcagavya. Then it should be wrapped and arranged together with the five kinds of precious fruits, flowers, and cloths.

Word by Word

• सौरेण: pertaining to Sūrya / solar (consecratory)

• तीर्थतोयेन: with tīrtha-water (pilgrimage holy water)

• पूर्णम्: filled

• रत्नसमन्वितम्: endowed with gems

• सर्वान्: all (items/ingredients)

• सर्वौषधैः: with all medicinal herbs

• युक्तान्: combined/mixed

• पञ्चगव्यसमन्वितान्: accompanied by pañcagavya (five cow-products)

• पञ्चरत्नफलैः: with five precious/choice fruits (lit. ‘five-gem fruits’)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers

• वासोभिः: with cloths/garments

• परिवेष्टयेत्: one should wrap/encircle/arrange around

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in instruction to Vaivasvata Manu, ritual-technical discourse)

Entities Mentioned

• Sūrya
• tīrtha (pilgrimage sacred waters)
• pañcagavya

Tags

• Vastu Shastra
• Pratishtha
• Temple ritual
• Abhisheka
• Sacred materials

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about pralaya; it belongs to ritual-technical instructions, emphasizing purity and auspicious substances used in consecration rather than cosmological dissolution.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It reflects the householder/royal duty of supporting dharmic worship—preparing pure, complete offerings (water, herbs, pañcagavya, flowers, cloth, valuables) for public and domestic rites, especially temple installation and abhiṣeka-related ceremonies.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it lists standard consecratory ingredients—tīrtha-water, gems, medicinal herbs, pañcagavya, fruits, flowers, and cloth—used to sanctify vessels/arrangements connected with temple pratiṣṭhā and related Vastuvidya procedures.