Shloka 43
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
भस्मास्थिचयनं कार्यं चतुर्थे गोत्रिकैर्दिने ।
ऊर्ध्वं सञ्चयनात् तेषामङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते ॥
bhasmāsthi-cayanaṃ kāryaṃ caturthe gotrikair dine | ūrdhvaṃ saṃcayanāt teṣām aṅga-sparśo vidhīyate ||
La recogida de cenizas y huesos debe ser realizada por los parientes del gotra el cuarto día. Una vez hecha la recogida, se permite el contacto corporal con ellos.
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FAQs
Ritual rules manage contagion-like notions of impurity while still enabling necessary social interaction; once a key rite is completed, normal contact is restored.
Ācāra instruction; ancillary to purāṇic teaching, not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.
Asthi-saṃcayana ‘seals’ the cremation process; permission for touch indicates a threshold crossed—from unstable liminality toward reintegration and closure.