Shloka 29
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अहस्त्वदत्तकन्यानामशौचं मरणे स्मृतम् / ऊनद्विवर्षान्मरणे सद्यः शौचमुदाहृतम्
ahastvadattakanyānāmaśaucaṃ maraṇe smṛtam / ūnadvivarṣānmaraṇe sadyaḥ śaucamudāhṛtam
เมื่อกุลธิดาที่ยังมิได้ยกให้แต่งงาน (อทัตตกัญญา) ถึงแก่ความตาย มิได้ถือว่ามีอศৌจ และเมื่อเด็กอายุต่ำกว่าสองปีตาย ย่อมกล่าวว่ามีเศาจะ (ความบริสุทธิ์) ทันที।
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (dharma-instruction section; speaker not explicitly marked in the provided excerpt)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly, it reflects the dharma framework in which bodily death triggers social-ritual rules, while the Self is not described here; the verse focuses on regulating external purity rather than defining Ātman.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it belongs to dharma-śāstra style guidance on purity after death. Such śauca rules are typically treated as preparatory discipline supporting steadiness (śuddhi) for later mantra, worship, and yogic practice.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it presents a shared dharmic norm found across Purāṇic traditions, which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava streams accept as part of varṇāśrama regulation.