Shloka 6

Explanation of Purification (Śuddhi-vyākhyāna)

Devanagari script

पूर्णे संवत्सरे तेषामित्थं कार्यं दयालुभिः / एकादशीं समासाद्य शुक्लपक्षे च काश्यप

Transliteration

pūrṇe saṃvatsare teṣāmitthaṃ kāryaṃ dayālubhiḥ / ekādaśīṃ samāsādya śuklapakṣe ca kāśyapa

Translation

ഒരു വർഷം പൂർണ്ണമായാൽ ദയാലുക്കൾ അവർക്കായി ഇങ്ങനെ കർമ്മം ചെയ്യണം. ശുക്ലപക്ഷത്തിലെ ഏകാദശി പ്രാപിച്ച്, ഹേ കാശ്യപ।

Word by Word

• pūrṇe: completed/full
• pūrṇe: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saṃvatsare: year
• saṃvatsare: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• ittham: thus/in this manner
• ittham: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb

• kāryam: to be done
• kāryam: Kriya (Action/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (kṛ + ṇyat) (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Potential Passive Participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• dayālubhiḥ: by the compassionate ones
• dayālubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayālu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• ekādaśīm: Ekadashi (11th day)
• ekādaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म) of samāsādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• samāsādya: having reached/attained
• samāsādya: Purvakala Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: samāsād (sam + ā + sad) (धातु)
• Form: Lyap Pratyaya (Absolutive/Gerund)

• śuklapakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śuklapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuklapakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• kāśyapa: O Kashyapa
• kāśyapa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (Sambodhana), Singular

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Shraddha Ritual

Ritual Type: Sapindana

Beneficiary: Pitr

Timing: After completion of one year; on śukla-pakṣa Ekādaśī

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Annual completion (saṃvatsara) as a dharmic threshold for specific śrāddha-related duties; compassion (dayā) as the inner disposition of rite.

Vedantic Theme: Karma as purificatory discipline (saṃskāra) supporting sattva and remembrance of the impermanent body.

Application: Mark the one-year point after death; observe śukla Ekādaśī with restraint and then perform the prescribed ancestral rite with a compassionate, non-ostentatious mind.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana, Pretakalpa/Śrāddha-prakaraṇa: one-year rites and ekoddiṣṭa/sapiṇḍīkaraṇa sequences (contextual parallel within the same adhyāya)

Characters & Entities

• Kashyapa
• Ekadashi
• Shukla Paksha

FAQs

What is the importance of completing one year in Garuda Purana rites?

This verse indicates that after a full year, a specific set of prescribed rites should be performed for the departed, marking a key ritual milestone in the post-death observances.

Why does the verse mention Ekādaśī in the bright fortnight (śukla pakṣa)?

It highlights an auspicious lunar timing—Ekādaśī during the bright fortnight—as the recommended occasion to undertake the stated ritual duties for the departed.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If you observe annual remembrance rites, align them with a disciplined, sattvic time such as Ekādaśī in the bright fortnight, and perform the duties with compassion and sincerity.