The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v3.c19.s7.7

v3.c19.s7.7

26. The point is that one may either hold that sacrifices and the like produce a counter-*saṃskāra* in some way that is not obvious ("visible") and must be learned or inferred from scripture, as the injunction to sprinkle the rice grains before they are pounded has no visible purpose and so we must infer that sprinkling produces a *saṃskāra*, or else that sacrifices have an obvious purpose and *saṃskāra* in producing the destruction of sins previously committed, like the pounding of rice grains that they may be made into cakes. Thus Citsukha's commentary.