Kathakagrihyasutra 44.1

44.1

garbhagrahaṇādārabhya yastṛtīyo māsastatra śuklapakṣasya parvaṇi mukhye dine sīmantonnayanasaṃjñayā yaugikyā prasiddhaṃ yatsaṃskārakarma, tatkārayate, natu vidvānapi svayaṃ kuryāditi ṇicaḥ prayogāt darśitam | etacca pātrasyaiva kecitsaṃskāramicchanti ādhārasaṃskārādeva garbhasyopakāro bhaviṣyati golakasaṃskāreṇeva cakṣuṣa iti vadantaḥ| tathāca smṛtiḥ | ‘sakṛtsaṃskṛtasaṃskārāḥ sīmantena dvijastriyaḥ| yaṃ yaṃ garbhaṃ prasūyante sa sarvaḥ saṃskṛto bhavet ||’ iti| anye tu garbhasyaiva saṃskāraṃ manyante tatraiva tṛtīye garbhamāsa ityasyopapatteḥ| pātramātrasaṃskāratve hi kiṃ garbhamāsavyapekṣayā, yadā kadācitsīmanto vidhīyate, kāryaḥ sīmanta iti| smṛterapi - ‘gārbhairhomairjātakarmacauḍamauñjīnibandhanaiḥ| baijikaṃ gārbhikaṃ caino dvijānāṃ pratihanyate ||' (manu0 2.27) iti| apare tūbhayasaṃskāramāhuḥ| tatra kṣetrasaṃskāra evānumatatamaprāyo vedārthavidāṃ sakṛdanuṣṭhānasya prasiddhatvādvahutyena| yathoktamupasamādhānaṃ kṛtvā jayaprabhṛtibhirarājyabhāgāntaṃ hutvā, prakṛtasya āvasathyasya agreḥ paścādbhāge agredarbheṣu prāṅmukhyā upaviṣṭāyāḥ sarvān keśān samyak prakarṣeṇa muktān kṛtvā, kaṅkatena dārumayobhayadikkabhūritaradantayoginā vālaspaṣṭīkaraṇena prasādhayate spaṣṭīkaroti vakṣyamāṇābhistisṛbhiṛgbhiḥ |