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Shloka 74

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

कृत्वा च मैथुनं स्पृष्ट्वा पतितं कुक्कुटादिकम् सूकरं चैव काकादि श्वानमुष्ट्रं खरं तथा

kṛtvā ca maithunaṃ spṛṣṭvā patitaṃ kukkuṭādikam sūkaraṃ caiva kākādi śvānamuṣṭraṃ kharaṃ tathā

मैथुनं कृत्वा पतितं स्पृष्ट्वा कुक्कुटादिकं सूकरं काकादि श्वानमुष्ट्रं खरं तथा। एतेषां संस्पर्शात् मलिनता जायते; तस्मात् शिवपूजापूर्वं यथाविधि शौचाचारं कुर्यात्॥

kṛtvāhaving done
kṛtvā:
caand
ca:
maithunamsexual intercourse
maithunam:
spṛṣṭvāhaving touched
spṛṣṭvā:
patitama fallen/impure person (one who has lapsed from purity)
patitam:
kukkuṭa-ādikama cock/fowl and similar creatures
kukkuṭa-ādikam:
sūkarama pig/boar (as impure in ritual contexts)
sūkaram:
ca evaand indeed/also
ca eva:
kāka-ādia crow and similar creatures
kāka-ādi:
śvānāma dog
śvānām:
uṣṭrama camel
uṣṭram:
kharama donkey
kharam:
tathālikewise/also
tathā:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, conveying śāstraic rules of purity relevant to Śiva-pūjā)