Shloka 19
Manasa Progenitors, Pitṛ Orders, Dakṣa’s Alliances, and the Dakṣa-Yajña Rupture
तस्मात्स्वाहा सुतांल्लेभे त्रीनुदारौजसो हर ! / फावकं पवमानं च शुचिं चापि जलाशिनः
tasmātsvāhā sutāṃllebhe trīnudāraujaso hara ! / phāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciṃ cāpi jalāśinaḥ
అందువల్ల, హే హరా! స్వాహా అగ్నివలన ఉదార తేజస్సుగల ముగ్గురు కుమారులను పొందింది—పావక, పవమాన, శుచి—వారు హవిస్సును భక్షించువారు॥
Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda)
Concept: Agni’s differentiated powers consume and transform offerings; purification is achieved through rightly tended sacred fire (outer and inner).
Vedantic Theme: Transformation (pariṇāma) in prakṛti under divine order; inner yajña: offering impurities into the fire of discernment.
Application: Treat 'fire' as discipline: maintain daily practices that purify—study, breath, ethical restraint—so offerings (efforts) become luminous results.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: ritual-space
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.5.18 (Svāhā given to Agni)
FAQs
This verse links Svāhā directly with Agni and the acceptance of offerings, emphasizing that ritual oblations reach the divine through the sanctifying formula “svāhā.”
Indirectly, it establishes Agni as the ritual “consumer” and carrier of offerings—an essential premise for later Garuda Purana teachings where śrāddha, homa, and offerings support the departed and uphold dharma.
Perform offerings and ancestral rites with correct intention and mantra—recognizing Agni as the sacred medium—so that ritual acts remain disciplined, reverent, and dharmic.