Shloka 46

Prāyaścitta for Food-Contact, Social Contact, Aśauca Periods, and Formal Penance Systems

Devanagari script

तडागे पुष्करिण्यादौ भस्मादिं पातयेत्तथा / षट्कुम्भानप उत्द्धृय पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति

Transliteration

taḍāge puṣkariṇyādau bhasmādiṃ pātayettathā / ṣaṭkumbhānapa utddhṛya pañcagavyena śudhyati

Translation

Dans un étang ou un bassin sacré (tel un bassin de lotus), qu’on rejette de même les cendres et autres impuretés. Puis, en puisant l’eau dans six jarres, on obtient la purification par le pañcagavya.

Word by Word

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• पुष्करिणी: in a lotus-pond/tank
• पुष्करिणी: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular) (आदौ इति सह)

• आदौ: etc./in the beginning
• आदौ: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial locative: at first/among etc.)

• भस्मादिम्: ash and the like
• भस्मादिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्म + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); भस्म-आदि (ash etc.)

• पातयेत्: should cause to fall/throw in
• पातयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg); णिच् (causative)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/likewise)

• षट्कुम्भान्: six pots (of water)
• षट्कुम्भान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural); द्विगु-समास (six pots)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/अपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• उद्धृत्य: having drawn out
• उद्धृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पञ्चगव्येन: with pañcagavya
• पञ्चगव्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); द्विगु-समास (five cow-products)

• शुध्यति: is purified
• शुध्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg); आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Impurities like ash are to be removed; drawing six pots of water and applying pañcagavya effects purification.

Vedantic Theme: Order and measure (saṅkhyā/vidhi) in dharma; external tīrtha purity mirrors inner purification.

Application: Keep communal/sacred waterbodies clean; remove pollutants; follow a standardized cleansing procedure.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tīrtha-like waterbody

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.222 (rules for ponds/tanks and purification measures)

Characters & Entities

• Pañcagavya

FAQs

What is the importance of pañcagavya purification in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents pañcagavya as a formal means of restoring ritual purity after contact with impurities (like ash), especially in contexts connected to śrāddha and preta-related observances.

How does this verse relate to Garuda Purana death rituals?

The Preta Kanda frequently details purity rules for those performing rites for the departed; here, the text specifies a water-based procedure (six pots) and pañcagavya to cleanse impurity that can arise during funeral or post-funeral duties.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Maintain cleanliness and ritual discipline during sacred rites; where traditional practice is followed, consult a learned priest on the correct preparation and use of pañcagavya and the prescribed water-collection procedure.