[Advaita-l] ApavitraH pavitro vaa.....Think of the Lord and you are pure.... Hari and Hara versions

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Mon May 27 04:40:21 EDT 2024


Here is a very popular verse that says whether one is pure or not bodily,
etc, upon devoutly thinking of the Lord, one becomes pure inside and
outside:

विष्णुधर्मः/अध्यायाः १०१-१०९
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अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थांगतोऽपि वा |
यः स्मरे*त्पुण्डरीकाक्षम् *स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः || ७० ||
This verse is found in may Puranas like the Vamana, Brahmavaivarta, etc.

This is about Vishnu.

Here is a Shiva version of this in the Shiva dharma text:

अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि ब्वा ।
यः *स्मरेद्देवमीशानं *स बाह्याभ्यंतरः शुचिः ॥

The Shiva Dharma is an ancient text said to be identified prior to the 10th
Century CE.

A slightly variant of the above is in the Skandapurana:

स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः ५ (अवन्तीखण्डः)/रेवा खण्डम्/अध्यायः १७७

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नात्वा भूतीश्वरे तु यः ।
पूजयेद्देवमीशानं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः ॥

The book is published by Chowkhamba, Varanasi, in 2014.

Om tat sat


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