Shloka 30
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
ब्रह्मोवाच । जलस्य देवता विष्णुःस र्वलोकेषु गीयते । जलपूतो भवेद्यस्तु विष्णुस्तच्छंकरो भवेत्
brahmovāca | jalasya devatā viṣṇuḥsa rvalokeṣu gīyate | jalapūto bhavedyastu viṣṇustacchaṃkaro bhavet
ബ്രഹ്മാവ് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ജലത്തിന്റെ അധിദേവത വിഷ്ണുവാണ്; സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും അവനെ പുകഴ്ത്തി പാടുന്നു. ജലത്താൽ ശുദ്ധനായവന്റെ അവിടെയെല്ലാം വിഷ്ണുസാന്നിധ്യം തെളിയും; ആ സാന്നിധ്യമാണ് ശങ്കരസ്വരൂപം.
Brahmā
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ब्रह्मोवाच = ब्रह्मा + उवाच; विष्णुःसर्वलोकेषु = विष्णुः + सर्वलोकेषु; भवेद्यः = भवेत् + यः; विष्णुस्तत् = विष्णुः + तत्; तच्छंकरः = तत् + शंकरः.
FAQs
It presents water as a sacred medium of purification, whose presiding divinity is Viṣṇu; purification by water is linked with the presence of the divine.
It uses a unifying theological expression: where Viṣṇu is present through purification, that reality is also described as Śaṅkara—suggesting harmony rather than rivalry between the deities.
It encourages inner and outer purity: respecting cleansing acts (especially in sacred contexts) as spiritually meaningful, and viewing devotion beyond sectarian divisions.