Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda, Shloka 26
Procedure of Ācamana and Rules of Ritual Purity (Śauca)
नासत्यदस्रौ प्रीयेते स्पृशेन्नासापुटद्वयम् । कर्णयोः स्पृष्टयोस्तद्वत्प्रीयेते चानिलानलौ
nāsatyadasrau prīyete spṛśennāsāpuṭadvayam | karṇayoḥ spṛṣṭayostadvatprīyete cānilānalau
ਨਾਸਤ੍ਯ ਅਤੇ ਦਸ੍ਰ—ਅਸ਼ਵਿਨੀ ਕੁਮਾਰ—ਦੋਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਜਦੋਂ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਨਾਸਾ-ਰੰਧ੍ਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹਿਆ ਜਾਵੇ। ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਦੋਂ ਕਾਨ ਛੂਹੇ ਜਾਣ, ਤਾਂ ਵਾਯੁ (ਪਵਨ) ਅਤੇ ਅਗਨੀ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
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Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्पृशेन्नासापुटद्वयम् = स्पृशेत् + नासापुटद्वयम्; तद्वत्प्रीयेते = तद्वत् + प्रीयेते; चानिलानलौ = च + अनिलानलौ
FAQs
It describes a ritualized bodily touch (a nyāsa-like correspondence), stating that touching specific sense-organs pleases specific deities.
They are the two Aśvin twins (divine physicians), here said to be pleased by touching the pair of nostrils.
It emphasizes mindful, embodied ritual action—treating the body and senses as connected to divine forces, and performing actions with awareness and reverence.