[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka) › [Kathakagrihyasutrabhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala) › 28.2 # Kathakagrihyasutra 28.2 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 28.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28.2) udakasya samīpaṃ gatvā atidūratāgādike tu grāme, yathopapatti yatropapadyate sthāne, tatra kṣīre sthālīpākaṃ kṛtvā māṅgalikabilvākṣoṭādikaphalopetābhiḥ sarvauṣadhyādigandhayoginībhiścādbhirāmalakaiḥ kanyāṃ snāpayet| saśiraskāmityanenānyadā strīṇāmaśiraskamapi snānaṃ bhavatīti sūcayati| snāpanāhatavastrācchādanavyavadhānena ca sthālīpākena homaḥ, snānācca pūrvaṃ sthālīpāka iti vivakṣitaḥ kramaḥ| caturthyā devatāpadariṇāmaḥ svāhākāraśca pūrvavat| jīvaputro'gnirityekaiva devatā, jīvaḥ prāṇo vāyuḥ, putro rakṣako'syeti bahuvrīhiranyapadārthapradhāno yogyaśca sannihito'gnerevānyapadārthaḥ| mahārāja ityatra, ‘na pūjanāt’ (5.4.69) iti pratiṣedho nāsti niyamāśrayaṇāt ‘pūjāyāṃ svatigrahaṇaṃ kartavyam’ iti vacanāt anyathā hi paramarāja ityādāvapi ṭacaḥ pratiṣedhaḥ syāt| ye tu mahārājā ityākārāntaṃ paṭhanti, te svatiniyamaṃ nādriyante| || iti viṃśī kāṇḍikā| 20|| puṃso'pi tasyāṃ rātryāṃ saṃskārārthametayaivetikartavyatayā etā eva devatā yajeta kumbhādyāśca tisraḥ iti| etāvāneva ca viśeṣaḥ striyo dvādaśāhutayaḥ, puṃsaḥ pañcadaśa | - [Previous: 28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28.1) - [Next: 29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29.1) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.21.2) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28.2) · Pramāṇa