वृत्त्यर्थमस्य देवस्य लक्षं होमेऽत्र कल्प्यताम् । लक्षं तु सर्वविप्राणां प्रायश्चित्तविशुद्धये
vṛttyarthamasya devasya lakṣaṃ home'tra kalpyatām | lakṣaṃ tu sarvaviprāṇāṃ prāyaścittaviśuddhaye
ଏହି ଦେବତାଙ୍କ ସେବା-ନିର୍ବାହ ପାଇଁ ଏଠାରେ ହୋମରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଆହୁତି ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା କରାଯାଉ। ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କ ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ-ଶୁଦ୍ଧି ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ (ଆହୁତି) ହେଉ।
Brāhmaṇas (contextual; ritual prescription)
Tirtha: Puṣpāditya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand fire-altar with priests offering continuous oblations, counting toward a lakṣa; offerings piled, ladles raised, smoke rising in disciplined columns; deity shrine nearby receiving the rite’s merit.
Ritual action (homa) is framed as both service to the deity and a means of communal purification.
The broader chapter is a tīrtha-glorification, but this verse does not specify the site by name.
A lakṣa-homa—100,000 oblations—ordained for the deity’s maintenance and for prāyaścitta purification.
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