सा तत्पुंसवनं राज्ञी प्राश्य वै पत्युरादधे ।
गर्भं काल उपावृत्ते कुमारं सुषुवे ऽप्रजा ॥ ३८ ॥
sa-she; tat-that food; pum-savanam-which produces a male child; rajni-the Queen; prasya-eating; vai-indeed; patyuh-from the husband; adadhe-conceived; garbham-pregnancy; kale-when the due time; upavrtte-appeared; kumaram-a son; susuve-gave birth to; apraja-having no son.
Although the Queen had no son, after eating that food, which had the power to produce a male child, she became pregnant from her husband, and in due course of time she gave birth to a son.
Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is pum-savanam, in which the wife is offered some prasada, or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Visnu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child.