ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 106
यद्वा प्रदोषसमये गौरीशङ्करपूजनात् । भास्करार्घ्यप्रदानाच्च दम्पत्योः शोधनं भवेत् ॥ १०६ ॥
yadvā pradōṣasamayē gaurīśaṅkarapūjanāt | bhāskarārghyapradānācca dampatyōḥ śōdhanaṁ bhavēt || 106 ||
Translation
Or else, by worshipping Gaurī and Śaṅkara at nightfall and offering water to the Sun, husband and wife are purified.
Word by word
- yadvā
- or else
- pradōṣa
- of nightfall
- samayē
- at the time
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- śaṅkara
- and Śaṅkara
- pūjanāt
- by worshipping
- bhāskara
- to the Sun
- arghya
- water
- pradānāt
- (pradānāt) by offering
- ca
- and
- dampatyōḥ
- of husband and wife
- śōdhanaṁ
- purification
- bhavēt
- there is
Meaning
A shorter alternative for the rite of the season: at pradoṣa, the beginning of night, the couple worship Gaurī and Śiva together and offer arghya to the Sun; this purifies them for what follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives another procedure for the ṛtu-saṁskāra in one verse, "yadvā" and the rest. Pradoṣa-samaya: the time when night begins.