मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-32, verse-21

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नग्नाः पातकिनश्चैव हन्युर्दृष्ट्या पितृक्रियाम् ।
अपुमानपविद्धश्च कुक्कुटो ग्रामशूकरः ॥२१॥

21. nagnāḥ pātakinaścaiva hanyurdṛṣṭyā pitṛkriyām .
apumānapaviddhaśca kukkuṭo grāmaśūkaraḥ.

21. nagnāḥ pātakinaḥ ca eva hanyuḥ dṛṣṭyā pitṛkriyām
apumān apaviddhaḥ ca kukkuṭaḥ grāmaśūkaraḥ

21. Indeed, naked people and sinful people (pātakinaḥ) spoil the ancestral ritual (pitṛkriyā) merely by their sight. Also, an impotent person, an abandoned person, a rooster, and a village pig [are similarly detrimental].

Words meanings summery:

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नग्नाः (nagnāḥ) - Refers to people who are naked (naked (ones))

पातकिनः (pātakinaḥ) - People who have committed grave sins (sinful ones, offenders)

च (ca) - and, also

एव (eva) - Emphasizes that sight alone is enough to spoil the ritual (indeed, only, certainly)

हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - They would spoil or render ineffective (they would kill, they would harm, they would destroy)

दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā) - By their mere presence or glance (by sight, by looking, through vision)

पितृक्रियाम् (pitṛkriyām) - Refers to the śrāddha ritual (the ancestral ritual, the ritual for fathers/ancestors)

अपुमान् (apumān) - not a man, impotent person, eunuch

अपविद्धः (apaviddhaḥ) - An outcast or rejected person (abandoned, cast away, rejected)

च (ca) - and, also

कुक्कुटः (kukkuṭaḥ) - cock, rooster

ग्रामशूकरः (grāmaśūkaraḥ) - village pig

Words meanings and morphology

नग्नाः (nagnāḥ) - Refers to people who are naked (naked (ones))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nagna

nagna - naked, nude

Root: nah (class 4)

पातकिनः (pātakinaḥ) - People who have committed grave sins (sinful ones, offenders)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pātakin

pātakin - sinner, criminal, one who commits a grave sin

From `pātaka` (sin) + suffix `in`

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes that sight alone is enough to spoil the ritual (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis.

हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - They would spoil or render ineffective (they would kill, they would harm, they would destroy)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Optative mood, active voice

3rd person, plural

Root: han (class 2)

दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā) - By their mere presence or glance (by sight, by looking, through vision)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, glance, view

From root `dṛś` (to see) + `ti` suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पितृक्रियाम् (pitṛkriyām) - Refers to the śrāddha ritual (the ancestral ritual, the ritual for fathers/ancestors)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pitṛkriyā

pitṛkriyā - ritual for ancestors, ancestral rites

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+kriyā)

pitṛ – father, ancestor
noun (masculine)
kriyā – action, deed, ritual, performance
noun (feminine)
From root `kṛ` (to do) + `yā` suffix
Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपुमान् (apumān) - not a man, impotent person, eunuch

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apumān

apumān - not a man, impotent person, eunuch

From `a` (negative prefix) + `pumān` (man)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+puṃs)