Shloka 13

Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide

Devanagari script

स्वयं वा शिश्नवृषणावुत्कृत्याधाय चाञ्चलौ / आतिष्ठेद् दक्षिणामाशामानिपातादजिह्मगः

Transliteration

svayaṃ vā śiśnavṛṣaṇāvutkṛtyādhāya cāñcalau / ātiṣṭhed dakṣiṇāmāśāmānipātādajihmagaḥ

Translation

അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വന്തം ലിംഗവും വൃഷണങ്ങളും ഛേദിച്ച് കൈകളിൽ വെച്ച്, താഴെ വീഴുന്നതുവരെ തെക്ക് ദിശയിലേക്ക് നോക്കി അനങ്ങാതെ നിൽക്കണം.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• शिश्न-वृषणौ: penis and testicles
• शिश्न-वृषणौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिश्न (प्रातिपदिक) + वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), द्विवचन

• उत्कृत्य: having cut off
• उत्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-कृद्/कृत् (धातु; ‘to cut’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अञ्चलौ: in the two hems (of the garment)
• अञ्चलौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/द्वितीया?—अत्र द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म) द्विवचन, ‘(द्वौ) अञ्चलौ’ (in the two hems/ends of garment)

• आतिष्ठेत्: should stand/keep (himself)
• आतिष्ठेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• दक्षिणाम्: southern/right
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आशाम्’ विशेषण

• आशाम्: direction
• आशाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• आनिपातात्: until falling down / from collapse
• आनिपातात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-नि-पत् (धातु) + घञ्/भाव (प्रातिपदिक ‘आनिपात’)
• Form: भाववाचक संज्ञा; पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• अजिह्मगः: not moving crookedly (straight)
• अजिह्मगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + जिह्मग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास (कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘जिह्मगः’ (crooked-goer) इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Vyasa (narration within a dharma/expiation section addressed to sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

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FAQs

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

This verse does not teach Atman-metaphysics directly; it belongs to a prayāścitta/tapas context, emphasizing bodily discipline and the gravity of certain transgressions rather than non-dual Self-doctrine.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Not meditation in the Pāśupata-yoga sense, but an extreme austerity: standing upright, facing south, unmoving until collapse—used as a form of expiatory tapas within dharma regulations.

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

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its place in the Kurma Purana reflects the text’s broader dharma-tapas framework that later supports Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, but this specific śloka is purely expiatory.