Shloka 3
Determination of Expiations for Sexual Transgressions and Improper Associations
सशिखं वपनं चैव दद्याद्गोद्वयमेव च । यथार्थदक्षिणां दत्वा शुद्धिमाप्नोति स द्विजः
saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ caiva dadyādgodvayameva ca | yathārthadakṣiṇāṃ datvā śuddhimāpnoti sa dvijaḥ
Magpaahit siya na pinananatili ang śikhā (tuktok na hibla), at magbigay ng isang pares ng mga baka; at matapos maghandog ng nararapat na dakṣiṇā, ang dvija ay nagkakamit ng kadalisayan.
Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/instructor in Brahma-khaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सशिखं = स + शिखम् (अव्ययीभाव); चैव = च + एव; दद्याद्गोद्वयम् = दद्याद् + गोद्वयम्; शुद्धिमाप्नोति = शुद्धिम् + आप्नोति.
FAQs
The verse links purification (śuddhi) with a ritual shaving/tonsure done while retaining the śikhā, along with charitable giving—specifically two cows—and offering a proper dakṣiṇā.
It presents purification as both ritual and ethical: cows represent a major form of dāna, while dakṣiṇā indicates honoring and supporting the officiant/ritual context in a fitting manner.
Purification is not portrayed as a mere external act; it is completed through rightful generosity—giving appropriately (yathārtha) and supporting religious duty through dāna and dakṣiṇā.