Shloka 13

Āvāhāryaka-Śrāddha: Qualifications of Recipients, Paṅkti-Pāvana, and Exclusions

Devanagari script

मातापित्रोर्हिते युक्तः प्रातः स्नायी तथा द्विजः / अध्यात्मविन्मुनिर्दान्तो विज्ञेयः पङ्क्तिपावनः

Transliteration

mātāpitrorhite yuktaḥ prātaḥ snāyī tathā dvijaḥ / adhyātmavinmunirdānto vijñeyaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ

Translation

ಮಾತಾ-ಪಿತರ ಹಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಾತಃಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡುವ ದ್ವಿಜನು, ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮವಿದನು, ಮುನಿಸದೃಶನು, ದಾಂತನಾಗಿ (ಇಂದ್ರಿಯನಿಗ್ರಹಿ) ಇರುವವನು—ಅವನೇ ‘ಪಂಕ್ತಿಪಾವನ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• माता-पित्रोः: of mother and father
• माता-पित्रोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (समाहार), षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व: ‘माता च पिता च’

• हिते: in (their) welfare
• हिते: अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (कृदन्त, √धा धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘हित’ = welfare; अधिकरण (locative)

• युक्तः: engaged/committed
• युक्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘engaged/intent’

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: कालाधिकरण (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb: ‘in the morning’)

• स्नायी: one who bathes
• स्नायी: कर्ता-विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘one who bathes’

• तथा: also
• तथा: सम्बन्धसूचक (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/उपपद-अर्थे: ‘also/likewise’)

• द्विजः: twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजः: कर्ता (कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अध्यात्म-वित्: knower of the Self/spiritual truth
• अध्यात्म-वित्: कर्ता-विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विद् (प्रातिपदिक; √विद् धातु ‘to know’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘अध्यात्मं वेत्ति’

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: कर्ता (कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दान्तः: restrained
• दान्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त (कृदन्त, √दम् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘self-controlled’

• विज्ञेयः: is to be known (as)
• विज्ञेयः: विधेय-विशेषण (प्रेडिकेटिव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+√ज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाव्य/विधेय

• पङ्क्ति-पावनः: purifier of the dining line
• पङ्क्ति-पावनः: विधेय-विशेषण (प्रेडिकेटिव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Traditional narration (Purana dialogue context; ethical instruction within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teachings)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Mother
• Father
• Dvija
• Adhyatma (Self-knowledge)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By praising the adhyātma-vit (knower of the inner Self), the verse implies that ritual fitness is grounded in inward realization—Self-knowledge and restraint are treated as essential marks of true purity.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse highlights discipline-based yoga foundations: dawn purification (prātaḥ-snāna), muni-like contemplative living, and dānta (sense-control). These are preparatory limbs that support higher Shaiva-Vaishnava sādhanā such as Pāśupata-oriented inner purification.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; instead it presents a shared Purāṇic synthesis where external dharma (ritual purity) is validated by inner adhyātma (spiritual realization), a theme embraced across both Shaiva and Vaishnava teachings in the Kurma Purana.