Shloka 106

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

वर्जयेत्सर्वयत्नेन नमस्कारं रजस्वला रजस्वलाङ्गनास्पर्शसंभाषे च रजस्वला

Transliteration

varjayetsarvayatnena namaskāraṃ rajasvalā rajasvalāṅganāsparśasaṃbhāṣe ca rajasvalā

Translation

രജസ്വല സ്ത്രീ എല്ലാ ശ്രമത്തോടെയും നമസ്കാരാദികൾ ഒഴിവാക്കണം; കൂടാതെ രജസ്വല സ്ത്രീ, രജസ്വല സ്ത്രീയെ സ്പർശിക്കുന്നതും അവളോടു സംസാരിക്കുന്നതും വർജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• वर्जयेत्: should avoid

• सर्वयत्नेन: with all effort/care

• नमस्कारम्: salutation/obeisance

• रजस्वला: a menstruating woman

• रजस्वलाङ्गना: a menstruating woman (female)

• स्पर्श: touching

• संभाषे: in conversation/speaking

• च: and

• रजस्वला: the menstruating woman (subject repeated for emphasis).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva dharma-ācāra to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames śauca (ritual purity) as a supportive discipline for Śiva-pūjā—advising temporary restraint in certain social-ritual acts so that worship is performed with regulated conduct (ācāra) and undisturbed observance.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Implicitly, it treats Śiva as Pati—ever pure and transcendent—while prescribing purity-based disciplines for the pashu (individual practitioner) bound by pasha (bodily and ritual conditions), emphasizing regulated approach rather than any limitation in Śiva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A śauca-ācāra rule within Śaiva pūjā-vidhi: during rajas (menstruation), one should avoid formal namaskāra and avoid contact/conversation with another rajasvalā, as part of observance-based discipline rather than an internal yogic technique.