वैष्णवं यज्ञसन्तत्यै त्रिकपालं द्विजोत्तमा: । पुरोडाशं निरवपन् वीरसंसर्गशुद्धये ॥ १७ ॥
vaisnavam yajna-santatyai tri-kapalam dvijottamah purodasam niravapan vira-samsarga-suddhaye
- vaisnavam
- meant for Lord Visnu or His devotees
- yajna
- sacrifice
- santatyai
- for performances
- tri-kapalam
- three kinds of offerings
- dvija-uttamah
- the best of the brahmanas
- purodasam
- the oblation called purodasa
- niravapan
- offered
- vira
- Virabhadra and other followers of Lord Siva
- samsarga
- contamination (dosa) due to his touching
- suddhaye
- for purification.
Thereafter, in order to resume the activities of sacrifice, the brahmanas first arranged to purify the sacrificial arena of the contamination caused by the touch of Virabhadra and the other ghostly followers of Lord Siva. Then they arranged to offer into the fire the oblations known as purodasa.