Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda, Shloka 21
Teaching on Karma-yoga
Discipline of Action as Worship
अग्निकार्यं ततः कुर्यात्सायंप्रातः प्रसन्नधीः । स्नात्वा संतर्पयेद्देवानृषीन्पितृगणांस्तथा
agnikāryaṃ tataḥ kuryātsāyaṃprātaḥ prasannadhīḥ | snātvā saṃtarpayeddevānṛṣīnpitṛgaṇāṃstathā
Pagkatapos, na may payapa at masayang diwa, gawin niya ang ritwal ng apoy sa gabi at sa umaga; at matapos maligo, maghandog ng pagpapasiyá (tarpana) sa mga diyos, sa mga rishi, at gayundin sa mga pangkat ng mga ninuno.
Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (contextual narrator/instructor within Svarga-khaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: temple
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुर्यात्सायंप्रातः = कुर्यात् + सायंप्रातः; संतर्पयेद्देवानृषीन् = संतर्पयेत् + देवान् + ऋषीन् (त् + द → द्द; न् + ऋ → नृषि-).
FAQs
It prescribes agni-kārya (fire-rite) performed twice daily—morning and evening—and, after bathing, tarpana offerings to devas (gods), ṛṣis (sages), and pitṛs (ancestors).
It implies that ritual action (karma) should be accompanied by inner clarity and composure; the mental disposition is treated as part of the discipline of dharma, not merely the external act.
It teaches gratitude and responsibility across one’s spiritual ecosystem—honoring divine forces, the lineage of knowledge (ṛṣis), and familial lineage (pitṛs)—as a balanced model of dharmic life.