Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
भूमिर्विशुध्यते खातदाहमार्जनगोक्रमैः लेपादुल्लेखनात् सेकाद् वेश्म संमार्जनार्जनात्
bhūmirviśudhyate khātadāhamārjanagokramaiḥ lepādullekhanāt sekād veśma saṃmārjanārjanāt
La terre se purifie par le creusement, par le brûlage, par l’essuyage/le nettoyage, et par le passage des vaches (leur piétinement). Une demeure se purifie par l’enduit (le fait d’enduire), par le raclage, par l’aspersion d’eau, et par le balayage et le nettoyage.
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Purity is maintained through deliberate, repeatable actions—cleaning, renewing surfaces, and orderly upkeep of one’s environment. The verse encodes a dharmic ethic of stewardship: sacred life requires cared-for spaces.
This is ācāra (conduct) material rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa unit. It serves as prescriptive dharma within the Purāṇa’s compendium style.
Digging and burning represent removal and transformation of defilement; sprinkling and sweeping represent renewal and order. The mention of cows reflects the Purāṇic sacrality of the cow and its association with auspiciousness and purification in domestic religious culture.