पावकं पवमानं च शुचिं च हुतभोजनम् ॥६०॥
svÄhÄbhimÄninaÅ› cÄgner
ÄtmajÄá¹s trÄ«n ajÄ«janat
pÄvakaá¹ pavamÄnaá¹ ca
śuciṠca huta-bhojanam
svÄhÄ - SvÄhÄ, the wife of Agni; abhimÄninaḥ - the presiding deity of fire; ca - and; agneḥ - from Agni; ÄtmajÄn - sons; trÄ«n - three; ajÄ«janat - produced; pÄvakam - PÄvaka; pavamÄnam ca - and PavamÄna; Å›ucim ca - and Åšuci; huta-bhojanam - eating the oblations of sacrifice.
The predominating deity of fire begot in his wife, SvÄhÄ, three children, named PÄvaka, PavamÄna and Åšuci, who exist by eating the oblations offered to the fire of sacrifice.
After describing the descendants of the thirteen wives of Dharma, who were all daughters of Daká¹£a, Maitreya now describes the fourteenth daughter of Daká¹£a, SvÄhÄ, and her three sons. Oblations offered in the sacrificial fire are meant for the demigods, and on behalf of the demigods the three sons of Agni and SvÄhÄ, namely PÄvaka, PavamÄna and Åšuci, accept the oblations.
