Shloka 38

Āvāhāryaka-Śrāddha: Qualifications of Recipients, Paṅkti-Pāvana, and Exclusions

Devanagari script

मद्यपो वृषलीसक्तो वीरहा दिधिषूपतिः / आगारदाही कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयिणो द्विजाः

Transliteration

madyapo vṛṣalīsakto vīrahā didhiṣūpatiḥ / āgāradāhī kuṇḍāśī somavikrayiṇo dvijāḥ

Translation

二次生者若饮酒醉乱，迷恋首陀罗女子，杀害勇士，娶仍有在世丈夫之妇，纵火焚宅，妄食不当献于圣火之釜食，并贩卖苏摩（Soma）——此等皆为二次生中的堕落者。

Word by Word

• madyapaḥ: wine-drinker
• madyapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madya-pa (मद्य + प प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (list item)

• vṛṣalīsaktaḥ: attached to a śūdra-woman
• vṛṣalīsaktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī-sakta (वृषली + सक्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vīrahā: slayer of a hero/man
• vīrahā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra-han (वीर + हन् धातु-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• didhiṣūpatiḥ: husband of a didhiṣū (remarried woman)
• didhiṣūpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: didhiṣū-pati (दिधिषू + पति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• āgāradāhī: house-burner (arsonist)
• āgāradāhī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgāra-dāhin (आगार + दाहिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kuṇḍāśī: one who eats from a kuṇḍa (improper vessel); outcaste-eater
• kuṇḍāśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa-āśin (कुण्ड + आशिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• somavikrayiṇaḥ: soma-sellers
• somavikrayiṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-vikrayin (सोम + विक्रयिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (dvijāḥ)

• dvijāḥ: twice-born men
• dvijāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Dvija

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames moral and ritual purity as prerequisites for clarity of mind (śuddhi), without which knowledge of the Self and higher yoga cannot stabilize.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No technique is taught directly; the verse supplies the yama-like ethical restraints and sacrificial discipline that the Kurma Purana treats as the groundwork for Pashupata-oriented sādhanā and inner purification.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By emphasizing dharma as a shared foundation for liberation: in the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, devotion and yoga (whether framed through Śiva or Nārāyaṇa) rest on the same ethical restraints and purity.