Shloka 198
Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma
पुनरावृत्तिरन्येषां प्रपंचाश्रमवासिनाम् । गार्हस्थ्यविधिमाश्रित्य षट्कर्मनिरतः सदा
punarāvṛttiranyeṣāṃ prapaṃcāśramavāsinām | gārhasthyavidhimāśritya ṣaṭkarmanirataḥ sadā
എന്നാൽ മറ്റുർ—ലൗകിക ആശ്രമജീവിതത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവർ—അവർക്ക് പുനരാവർത്തനം ഉണ്ടാകും. ഗാർഹസ്ഥ്യവിധി ആശ്രയിച്ച് അവർ എപ്പോഴും ഷട്കർമങ്ങളിൽ നിരതരായിരിക്കും.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/sage voice not provided in the input excerpt)
Concept: Worldly life governed by āśrama-dharma and ritual duties tends toward repeated return; mere engagement in prescribed actions, without liberating realization, does not automatically end saṃsāra.
Application: Perform responsibilities conscientiously, but add daily devotion (nāma-japa, pūjā, sāttvika conduct) and seek liberating insight; do not confuse busyness with freedom.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A bustling household courtyard: a gṛhastha performs daily rites—fire altar smoking, guests arriving, cows tethered—while a faint circular motif of saṃsāra shadows the background, suggesting repeated return. In the distance, a quiet hermitage glows softly, offering a visual contrast between duty-bound life and liberating stillness.","primary_figures":["Gṛhastha householder","Family members","Ritual priest/guest (atithi)","Distant ascetic (optional contrast figure)"],"setting":"Village home with yajña-kuṇḍa, granary, tulā (weighing scale) and water pot; distant forest hermitage line","lighting_mood":"forest dappled transitioning to warm afternoon","color_palette":["earthy ochre","smoke gray","leaf green","clay red","sunlit gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: richly detailed gṛhastha courtyard with a small fire altar, offerings, guests, and ritual implements; embossed gold highlights on flames and vessels, ornate borders, saturated reds/greens, symbolic saṃsāra wheel faintly behind, distant hermitage in soft gold haze.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate domestic ritual scene with delicate brushwork, fine textiles, small yajña fire, guests at the threshold; gentle hills and a distant hermitage, cool natural palette, lyrical realism, subtle saṃsāra motif in clouds.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized householder with bold outlines, ritual fire and implements in rhythmic patterns, expressive eyes; warm reds/yellows/greens, decorative saṃsāra wheel motif behind, temple-wall compositional balance.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: ornamental domestic-yajña tableau framed by floral borders; symbolic wheel motif integrated into border patterns, cows and peacocks at edges, deep blues and gold accents, devotional undertone suggesting offering all acts to the divine."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["crackling ritual fire","murmured mantras","cow bells","courtyard birds","soft drum pulse"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुनरावृत्तिरन्येषाम् = पुनरावृत्तिः + अन्येषाम् (विसर्ग→र्); प्रपंचाश्रमवासिनाम् = प्रपञ्च + आश्रम + वासिनाम्; गार्हस्थ्यविधिमाश्रित्य = गार्हस्थ्यविधिम् + आश्रित्य; षट्कर्मनिरतः = षट् + कर्म + निरतः
FAQs
It states that those who remain within worldly āśramas and their prescribed routines experience “punarāvṛtti,” i.e., recurring return to worldly existence, as they stay bound to ongoing duties and results.
The verse alludes to a traditional set of six prescribed acts/rites associated with regulated life (often discussed in dharma literature). The exact enumeration can differ by tradition and context, but the sense is consistent: continual engagement in obligatory ritual-social duties.
It highlights disciplined duty (dharma) as central to household life, while also implying that mere continual ritual-duty within worldly life can keep one in cycles of recurrence unless complemented by higher liberative knowledge/devotion (as taught elsewhere in the Purana).