[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Yāska's Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › 5.6 # Yāska's Nirukta 5.6 Nirukta 5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.6) pavitram punāter mantraḥ pavitram ucyate/ \`\`yena devāḥ pavitrena ātmānam punate sadā''.ity api nigamo bhavati/ raśmayaḥ pavitram ucyante/ \`\`śatapavitrāḥ svadhayā madantīh/ bahu udakāh/ agniḥ pavitram ucyate vāyuḥ pavitram ucyate somaḥ pavitram ucyate sūryaḥ pavitram ucyata indraḥ pavitram ucyate/ \`\`agniḥ pavitram sa mā punātu/ vāyuḥ somaḥ sūrya indrah/ pavitram te mā punantu/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/ todas tudyateh/ - [Previous: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.5) - [Next: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.7) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.85.34) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.75.3) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.90) — Kane 1930, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2775) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.6) · Pramāṇa