Apavitra Pavitro
Vishnu
Shloka
Traditional
Sanskrit
ॐoṃ:
Om अपवित्रःapavitraḥ:
impure पवित्रोpavitro: वाvā:
Or सर्वावस्थांsarvāvasthāṃ: गतोऽपिgato'pi: वाvā:
Or । यःyaḥ:
who स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षंsmaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ:
remembers; Pundarikaksha (puṇḍarīka:lotus | akṣam:eye) सsa:
he बाह्याभ्यन्तरःbāhyābhyantaraḥ:
outwardly and inwardly (bāhya:outwardly | abhyantaraḥ:inwardly) शुचिःśuciḥ:
pure ॥
Om अपवित्रःapavitraḥ:
impure पवित्रोpavitro: वाvā:
Or सर्वावस्थांsarvāvasthāṃ: गतोऽपिgato'pi: वाvā:
Or । यःyaḥ:
who स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षंsmaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ:
remembers; Pundarikaksha (puṇḍarīka:lotus | akṣam:eye) सsa:
he बाह्याभ्यन्तरःbāhyābhyantaraḥ:
outwardly and inwardly (bāhya:outwardly | abhyantaraḥ:inwardly) शुचिःśuciḥ:
pure ॥
Om, if one is Apavitra (Impure) or Pavitra (Pure), or even in all other conditions, he who remembers Pundarikaksha (another name of Sri Vishnu, literally meaning with lotus-like eyes), he becomes pure outwardly as well as inwardly.
This specific verse originates from the Garuda Purana (frequently cited in Vaishnava texts such as the Hari-bhakti-vilasa).
In practice, one typically recites this verse while performing Achamana (sipping holy water for internal purification) or while sprinkling water upon one's body to ensure ritual readiness and mental focus before prayer.
oṃ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṃ gato'pi vā .
yaḥ smaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ .
Translations
| Sanskrit | English | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| ॐ | Om | oṃ |
| अपवित्रः | impure | apavitraḥ |
| पवित्रः | pure | pavitraḥ |
| वा | Or | vā |
| सर्वावस्थाम् | all conditions (sarva:all | avasthām:conditions) | sarvāvasthām |
| गतः | gone | gataḥ |
| अपि | even | api |
| वा | or | vā |
| यः | who | yaḥ |
| स्मरेत् | remembers | smaret |
| पुण्डरीकाक्षम् | Pundarikaksha (puṇḍarīka:lotus | akṣam:eye) | puṇḍarīkākṣam |
| स | he | sa |
| बाह्याभ्यन्तरः | outwardly and inwardly (bāhya:outwardly | abhyantaraḥ:inwardly) | bāhyābhyantaraḥ |
| शुचिः | pure | śuciḥ |