Shloka 10
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
सिद्धार्थकानां कल्केन तिलकल्केन वा पुनः ।
साम्बुना तात ! भवति उपघातवतां सदा ॥
siddhārthakānāṃ kalkena tilakalkena vā punaḥ /
sāmbunā tāta bhavati upaghātavatāṃ sadā //
सिद्धार्थकादीनां शुक्लसर्षपादीनां शुद्धिः कल्केन जलसंयुक्तेन भवति, स्वकल्केन वा तिलकल्केन वा, प्रिये; उपघातदूषितवस्तूनां नित्यं एष विधिः।
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FAQs
Purity is treated as a practical, repeatable discipline: when an item is considered 'tainted,' cleansing is not merely symbolic but procedural—using appropriate agents (paste + water) matched to the material.
This passage is primarily Dharma/Ācāra material rather than the pancalakṣaṇa core (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It is best cataloged as ancillary instruction on conduct (ācāra) within the Purāṇa.
Paste (kalka) and water together signify 'abrasion + dissolution': impurities are removed by both frictional separation and fluid washing—an outward analogue for removing mental saṃskāras through disciplined practice.