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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.157

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 157

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 157

वापीकूपतड़ागेषु सास्थ्नां शवनिरीक्षणात् । उद्धृत्य कुणपं तेभ्यस्ततस्तान् परिशोधयेत् ॥ १५७ ॥

vāpīkūpataḍāgēṣu sāsthnāṁ śavanirīkṣaṇāt | uddhṛtya kuṇapaṁ tēbhyastatastān pariśōdhayēt || 157 ||

Translation

When the corpse of a creature with bones is seen in step-wells, wells or tanks, he should take the carcass out and then purify them.

Word by word

vāpī
step-wells
kūpa
wells
taḍāgēṣu
(taḍāgeṣu) or tanks
sāsthnāṁ
of a creature with bones
śava
corpse
nirīkṣaṇāt
(nirīkṣaṇāt) when seen
uddhṛtya
taking out
kuṇapaṁ
the carcass
tēbhyaḥ
(tebhyaḥ) from them
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
tān
them
pariśōdhayēt
should purify

Meaning

Water supply is guarded with care.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells in general the purification of step-wells, wells and the like defiled by the corpse of a creature with bones, with "vāpī" and the rest. When the corpse of a creature with bones is seen in step-wells, wells and tanks, he should take the corpse (kuṇapa) out of them and then purify them.