Shloka 46

Prāyaścitta for Food-Contact, Social Contact, Aśauca Periods, and Formal Penance Systems

Devanagari script

तडागे पुष्करिण्यादौ भस्मादिं पातयेत्तथा / षट्कुम्भानप उत्द्धृय पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति

Transliteration

taḍāge puṣkariṇyādau bhasmādiṃ pātayettathā / ṣaṭkumbhānapa utddhṛya pañcagavyena śudhyati

Translation

చెరువు లేదా పుష్కరిణిలో బూడిద వంటివి పడితే, ఆరు కుండల నీటిని తీసివేసి, పంచగవ్యంతో శుద్ధి చేయాలి.

Word by Word

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• पुष्करिणी: in a lotus-pond/tank
• पुष्करिणी: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular) (आदौ इति सह)

• आदौ: etc./in the beginning
• आदौ: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial locative: at first/among etc.)

• भस्मादिम्: ash and the like
• भस्मादिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्म + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); भस्म-आदि (ash etc.)

• पातयेत्: should cause to fall/throw in
• पातयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg); णिच् (causative)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/likewise)

• षट्कुम्भान्: six pots (of water)
• षट्कुम्भान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural); द्विगु-समास (six pots)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/अपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• उद्धृत्य: having drawn out
• उद्धृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पञ्चगव्येन: with pañcagavya
• पञ्चगव्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); द्विगु-समास (five cow-products)

• शुध्यति: is purified
• शुध्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg); आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Impurities like ash are to be removed; drawing six pots of water and applying pañcagavya effects purification.

Vedantic Theme: Order and measure (saṅkhyā/vidhi) in dharma; external tīrtha purity mirrors inner purification.

Application: Keep communal/sacred waterbodies clean; remove pollutants; follow a standardized cleansing procedure.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tīrtha-like waterbody

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.222 (rules for ponds/tanks and purification measures)

Characters & Entities

• Pañcagavya

FAQs

What is the importance of pañcagavya purification in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents pañcagavya as a formal means of restoring ritual purity after contact with impurities (like ash), especially in contexts connected to śrāddha and preta-related observances.

How does this verse relate to Garuda Purana death rituals?

The Preta Kanda frequently details purity rules for those performing rites for the departed; here, the text specifies a water-based procedure (six pots) and pañcagavya to cleanse impurity that can arise during funeral or post-funeral duties.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Maintain cleanliness and ritual discipline during sacred rites; where traditional practice is followed, consult a learned priest on the correct preparation and use of pañcagavya and the prescribed water-collection procedure.