Shloka 160
Brahmā’s Puṣkara Sacrifice: Ṛtvij System, Sāvitrī’s Reconciliation, Tīrtha-Catalogue, Śrāddha & Initiation Rites, and Vrata Fruits
स्थानं सुविरजं लब्ध्वा मोदते शाश्वतीः समाः । मानसं वाचिकं चैव कायिकं यच्च दुष्कृतम्
sthānaṃ suvirajaṃ labdhvā modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | mānasaṃ vācikaṃ caiva kāyikaṃ yacca duṣkṛtam
نہایت پاکیزہ مقام پا کر انسان ابدی برسوں تک مسرور رہتا ہے؛ اور جو بھی بدی اس نے دل، زبان یا بدن سے کی ہو (وہ مٹ جاتی ہے)۔
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Concept: Contact with the supremely pure divine abode yields enduring joy and eradicates sins committed by mind, speech, and body—total ethical purification (trikaraṇa-śuddhi).
Application: Practice trikaraṇa discipline: daily review of thoughts, words, actions; pair repentance with a concrete devotional act (japa, charity, worship) to ‘re-enter’ a su-viraja inner space.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A pilgrim-devotee steps from a dusty path into a luminous, stainless realm where the ground looks like polished pearl and the air shimmers with mantra-like clarity. Dark smoke-like stains labeled ‘mind, speech, body’ dissolve into light as the devotee beholds a distant, radiant Viṣṇu-dhāma and breaks into serene joy.","primary_figures":["devotee/pilgrim","Vishnu (distant enthroned or as a radiant presence)","personified ‘sins’ dissolving (symbolic forms)"],"setting":"Threshold between earthly landscape and a spotless celestial courtyard; lotus pools, crystal steps, and a far sanctum with a glowing doorway.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["pearl white","pale gold","aquamarine","lotus pink","smoky gray (dissolving)"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: central radiant gateway to a Viṣṇu-dhāma with heavy gold leaf and embossed halos; a devotee at the threshold, with three dark ornamental motifs (mind/speech/body) melting into gold light; rich maroon and emerald accents, gem-like highlights on the sanctum steps, traditional Vaishnava symbols on pillars.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a gentle transition scene—earthy browns fading into a luminous white terrace; delicate depiction of dissolving gray wisps around the devotee; distant Viṣṇu shrine framed by flowering trees and lotus ponds, cool aquamarine shadows and soft gold highlights.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized spotless courtyard in pale tones outlined boldly; the devotee in añjali, three symbolic bands near the figure labeled by iconography (thought cloud, speech scroll, action gesture) fading; Viṣṇu’s presence as a large prabhā circle with conch/discus, strong yellow-red-green accents against a light background.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a lotus-filled white-gold dhāma with ornate floral borders; the devotee centered, surrounded by three fading dark floral knots representing pāpa; deep blue border with gold lotuses, peacocks and swans, and a distant sanctum glowing in gold."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["tanpura drone","soft temple bells","flowing water","incense crackle","long pauses for contemplation"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव = च + एव; यच्च = यत् + च. शाश्वतीः समाः taken as object-accusative plural ‘(for) everlasting years’.
FAQs
It presents a threefold ethical framework—mind, speech, and body—and says that wrongdoing from any of these can be cleansed when one attains a supremely pure spiritual state/abode.
It literally means a “very pure, stainless place,” commonly understood in Purāṇic usage as a purified spiritual destination or state attained through merit, devotion, or sacred observance.
Ethical responsibility is holistic: purity is required not only in actions, but also in speech and inner intention; spiritual progress includes purification of all three.