Shloka 118

गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः

Devanagari script

तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी पर्वस्व् एतेषु वै पुमान् विण्मूत्रभोजनं नाम प्रयाति नरकं मृतः

Transliteration

tailastrīmāṃsasaṃbhogī parvasv eteṣu vai pumān viṇmūtrabhojanaṃ nāma prayāti narakaṃ mṛtaḥ

Translation

तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी पर्वस्व् एतेषु वै पुमान् विण्मूत्रभोजनं नाम प्रयाति नरकं मृतः

Word by Word

• तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी: one who indulges in oil, women, and meat (sensual indulgence)
• तैलस्त्रीमांससंभोगी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + संभोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तैल/स्त्री/मांस-सम्भोगी = तेषां संभोगी)

• पर्वसु: on the festival days
• पर्वसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• एतेषु: on these
• एतेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (assertive particle)

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• विण्मूत्रभोजनम्: eating of feces and urine
• विण्मूत्रभोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विण् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विण्मूत्रस्य भोजनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• नाम: called/named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (quotative/‘called’)

• प्रयाति: goes/attains
• प्रयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Gati-Karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• मृतः: dead/after death
• मृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Consequences of violating parvan-restraints; sin results and naraka descriptions.

Teaching: Ethical

Quality: stern, cautionary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Indulgence in prohibited pleasures on sacred time-junctions accrues grave demerit leading to specific hellish experience.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Use observance-days for moderation and vows; treat festival/fast days as ethical checkpoints rather than license for excess.

Vishishtadvaita: Moral causality (karma) is upheld within Bhagavān’s orderly governance; fear of naraka functions as a pedagogic aid toward bhakti-aligned discipline.

FAQs

What is the significance of parva (sacred observance) days in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse treats parva-days as spiritually charged times requiring restraint; violating them through indulgence is said to intensify karmic demerit and lead to specific post-death consequences.

How does Sage Parāśara explain karmic punishment in this context?

Parāśara links particular actions to particular narakas by moral correspondence: indulgence that disregards sacred discipline results in a realm defined by defilement, here named Viṇmūtra-bhojana.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the teaching assumes a Vishnu-governed moral cosmos where dharma sustains order; violating dharma disrupts that order and yields karmic results until the soul returns to rightful alignment.