Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 90
The Glory of Śrāddha at Sacred Fords and the Determination of the Kutapa Time
मुहूर्त्तपंचकं चैव स्वधावाचनमिष्यते । विष्णुदेहसमुद्भूताः कुशाः कृष्णतिलास्तथा
muhūrttapaṃcakaṃ caiva svadhāvācanamiṣyate | viṣṇudehasamudbhūtāḥ kuśāḥ kṛṣṇatilāstathā
ਪੰਜ ਮੁਹੂਰਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਾਲ ‘ਸ੍ਵਧਾ’ ਆਹਵਾਨ ਦੇ ਪਾਠ ਲਈ ਵੀ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਿਤ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਕੁਸ਼ਾ ਘਾਹ ਤੇ ਕਾਲੇ ਤਿਲ ਵੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਦੇ ਦੇਹ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੋਏ ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
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Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मुहूर्त्तपंचकं = मुहूर्त + पंचकम्; चैव = च + एव; स्वधावाचनम् = स्वधा + वाचनम्; विष्णुदेहसमुद्भूताः = विष्णु + देह + समुद्भूताः; कृष्णतिलाः = कृष्ण + तिलाः
FAQs
They are standard ritual substances in Pitṛ-related ceremonies; this verse sacralizes them by stating they originate from Viṣṇu’s body, giving them special purity and theological weight.
‘Svadhā’ is the traditional invocation/formula associated with offerings to the ancestors (Pitṛs). The verse notes a prescribed timing for its recitation.
It frames ritual duty toward ancestors as connected to Viṣṇu, implying that proper observance of rites can be performed with devotion and reverence to the divine source of ritual purity.