Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 13
Episode of Vena: The Power of Association and Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha
दासत्वं पापसंघातं परित्यज्य व्रजंति ते । पुण्यतोयप्रसंगाच्च ह्याप्लुताः सर्व एव ते
dāsatvaṃ pāpasaṃghātaṃ parityajya vrajaṃti te | puṇyatoyaprasaṃgācca hyāplutāḥ sarva eva te
غلامی کی بندش—گناہوں کے انبار—کو ترک کر کے وہ روانہ ہو جاتے ہیں؛ اور پُنّیہ جل کے سنگ سے، بے شک وہ سب کے سب ایسے پاک ہو جاتے ہیں گویا انہوں نے اشنان کیا ہو۔
Not explicitly identifiable from the single verse (context needed from surrounding verses of Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 30).
Concept: Contact with sacred waters breaks the bondage created by accumulated sin; purification is both inner and existential.
Application: When feeling ‘bound’ by habits or shame, adopt a purification routine: bathing with mantra, visiting a temple/tīrtha, and making a concrete vow to abandon one harmful pattern.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: river
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A line of weary laborers steps into clear sacred water; as they immerse, dark smoky strands (symbolic pāpa) peel away and dissolve into the current. On the far bank, the same figures emerge upright and luminous, suggesting inner freedom and a new destiny.","primary_figures":["purifying pilgrims (former slaves)","symbolic pāpa-smoke forms","river-deity presence (subtle)"],"setting":"Quiet ghat with a small shrine and banyan tree; offerings of flowers and lamps on the steps.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["crystal blue","smoke gray","soft white","marigold orange","leaf green"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: dramatic before-and-after composition—left side figures bowed and darkened, right side purified and haloed; gold leaf used for the river’s sacred shimmer and halos; ornate ghat shrine with rich reds/greens and jewel-like detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: gentle narrative sequence across the page; translucent wash for water; symbolic dark tendrils dissolving; refined faces showing relief; naturalistic trees and distant hills, cool luminous palette.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlined figures entering stylized river bands; pāpa depicted as dark curling motifs leaving the body; purified figures with bright aureoles; temple-wall symmetry and saturated pigments.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: river as patterned blue field with lotus clusters; figures arranged in rhythmic procession; floral borders; purification shown via fading dark motifs replaced by golden lotuses around the bathers."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["flowing water","soft mantra hum","temple bells (distant)","silence","rustling leaves"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुण्यतोयप्रसंगाच्च = पुण्यतोयप्रसङ्गात् + च (त् + च → च्च). ह्याप्लुताः = हि + आप्लुताः (इ + आ संधि → या; here written ह्य-).
FAQs
It presents contact with sacred water as spiritually cleansing—so effective that it is likened to a complete purificatory bath removing impurity and sin.
The verse treats “dāsatva” (bondage/servitude) as a degrading condition associated with accumulated wrongdoing, implying liberation begins by renouncing such bondage and its sinful momentum.
Renounce degrading bondage and seek purifying influences—especially tīrtha-associated sacred waters—since wholesome association and purificatory acts support moral and spiritual renewal.