Shloka 26
द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः
Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct
यद्यग्नयो हि स्पृश्येयुर्निवेशस्था दवाग्निना । इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तु शुचयेडग्नये,यदि गृहस्थित अग्नियोंका दावानलसे संसर्ग हो जाय तो मिट्टीके आठ पुरवोंमें संस्कृत चरुद्वारा शुचि नामक अग्निको आहुति देनी चाहिये
yadyagnayo hi spṛśyeyur niveśasthā davāgninā | iṣṭir aṣṭākapālena kāryā tu śucaye 'gnaye ||
സ്വസ്ഥാനത്ത് സ്ഥാപിതമായ ഗൃഹാഗ്നികൾ ദവാഗ്നിയുമായി സ്പർശിച്ചാൽ, അഷ്ടാകപാല പാത്രത്തിൽ സംസ്കൃത ചരുവുകൊണ്ട് ‘ശുചി’ എന്ന അഗ്നിക്കായി ഇഷ്ടി (ആഹുതി) നടത്തണം।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When sacred domestic order is disrupted by an external calamity (like a wildfire touching the household fires), dharma requires restoration through a prescribed expiatory rite—here, an iṣṭi with an aṣṭākapāla vessel, offering caru to Agni as Śuci—emphasizing responsibility, purity, and disciplined repair rather than abandonment.
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing about a specific ritual contingency: if the established household fires come into contact with a forest fire, one should perform a corrective sacrificial offering (iṣṭi) using an eight-part earthen vessel and make oblations to Agni under the name Śuci.