Shloka 118

गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः

Devanagari script

तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी पर्वस्व् एतेषु वै पुमान् विण्मूत्रभोजनं नाम प्रयाति नरकं मृतः

Transliteration

tailastrīmāṃsasaṃbhogī parvasv eteṣu vai pumān viṇmūtrabhojanaṃ nāma prayāti narakaṃ mṛtaḥ

Translation

A man who indulges in the enjoyment of oil, women, and flesh on these sacred observance-days—when he dies—falls into the hell called Viṇmūtra-bhojana, the realm where one is made to feed on excrement and urine.

Word by Word

• तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी: one who indulges in oil, women, and meat (sensual indulgence)
• तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + संभोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तैल/स्त्री/मांस-सम्भोगी = तेषां संभोगी)

• पर्वसु: on the festival days
• पर्वसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• एतेषु: on these
• एतेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (assertive particle)

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• विण्मूत्रभोजनम्: eating of feces and urine
• विण्मूत्रभोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विण् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विण्मूत्रस्य भोजनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• नाम: called/named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (quotative/‘called’)

• प्रयाति: goes/attains
• प्रयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Gati-Karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• मृतः: dead/after death
• मृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Consequences of violating parvan-restraints; sin results and naraka descriptions.

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: stern, cautionary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Indulgence in prohibited pleasures on sacred time-junctions accrues grave demerit leading to specific hellish experience.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Use observance-days for moderation and vows; treat festival/fast days as ethical checkpoints rather than license for excess.

Vishishtadvaita: Moral causality (karma) is upheld within Bhagavān’s orderly governance; fear of naraka functions as a pedagogic aid toward bhakti-aligned discipline.

FAQs

What is the significance of parva (sacred observance) days in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse treats parva-days as spiritually charged times requiring restraint; violating them through indulgence is said to intensify karmic demerit and lead to specific post-death consequences.

How does Sage Parāśara explain karmic punishment in this context?

Parāśara links particular actions to particular narakas by moral correspondence: indulgence that disregards sacred discipline results in a realm defined by defilement, here named Viṇmūtra-bhojana.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the teaching assumes a Vishnu-governed moral cosmos where dharma sustains order; violating dharma disrupts that order and yields karmic results until the soul returns to rightful alignment.