परावसुरुवाच । गंडूषमेकं मद्यस्य मया पीतं द्विजोत्तमाः । तावन्मात्रं पिबाम्येव घृतं वह्निसमं कृतम्
parāvasuruvāca | gaṃḍūṣamekaṃ madyasya mayā pītaṃ dvijottamāḥ | tāvanmātraṃ pibāmyeva ghṛtaṃ vahnisamaṃ kṛtam
پراواسو نے کہا: اے دِوِجوں میں برتر حضرات! میں نے شراب کا صرف ایک گنڈوش (ایک منہ بھر) پیا تھا۔ اس لیے میں اسی مقدار کا آگ کی مانند تپایا ہوا گھی ہی پیوں گا۔
Parāvasu
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)
Scene: Parāvasu declares he drank only one mouthful and vows to drink an equal mouthful of ghee heated like fire; the moment is one of courageous self-correction.
Taking responsibility and promptly undertaking expiation is presented as the dharmic response to a lapse.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a broader tīrtha-context narrative on purification.
The speaker commits to drinking fire-hot ghee equal to the small quantity (one mouthful) of liquor consumed.