Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
भूमिर्विशुध्यते खातदाहमार्जनगोक्रमैः लेपादुल्लेखनात् सेकाद् वेश्म संमार्जनार्जनात्
bhūmirviśudhyate khātadāhamārjanagokramaiḥ lepādullekhanāt sekād veśma saṃmārjanārjanāt
Đất được thanh tịnh nhờ đào xới, nhờ đốt, nhờ lau chùi, và nhờ dấu chân bò đi qua (giẫm đạp). Nhà cửa được thanh tịnh nhờ trát/láng, nhờ cạo sạch, nhờ rảy nước, và nhờ quét dọn, làm sạch.
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Purity is maintained through deliberate, repeatable actions—cleaning, renewing surfaces, and orderly upkeep of one’s environment. The verse encodes a dharmic ethic of stewardship: sacred life requires cared-for spaces.
This is ācāra (conduct) material rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa unit. It serves as prescriptive dharma within the Purāṇa’s compendium style.
Digging and burning represent removal and transformation of defilement; sprinkling and sweeping represent renewal and order. The mention of cows reflects the Purāṇic sacrality of the cow and its association with auspiciousness and purification in domestic religious culture.