Shloka 22
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
स्थानेषु निक्षिपेत् प्राज्ञस्तास्ता उद्दिश्य देवताः ।
एवं गृहबलिं कृत्वा गृहे गृहपतिः शुचिः ॥
sthāneṣu nikṣipet prājñas tāstā uddiśya devatāḥ / evaṃ gṛhabaliṃ kṛtvā gṛhe gṛhapatiḥ śuciḥ
அறிவுடையவர் அந்தந்த தேவதைகளைச் சுட்டிக் கூறி, அவரவர் இடங்களில் பங்குகளை வைக்க வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு கிருஹபலி செய்த பின் இல்லத்தலைவன் வீட்டினுள் தூய்மையுடன் நிலைத்திருப்பான்।
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FAQs
Purity is framed as a consequence of conscientious duty: the householder becomes ‘śuci’ not by exclusion, but by correct distribution—giving each sphere its due.
Ācāra/Dharma layer; Purāṇas often interweave such prescriptive passages alongside genealogical and cosmological accounts.
‘Uddiśya’ (intentional designation) implies that offering is fundamentally about directed consciousness; places in the home become a mapped sacred cosmos when paired with correct invocation.