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Purva-vibhaga of the Kurma Purana

Chapter 34 · 122 shlokas

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 1

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 1

तीर्थानि यानि लोके ऽस्मिन विश्रुतानि माहन्ति च। तानि त्वं कथयास्माकं रोमहर्षण सांप्रतम।।

tīrthāni yāni loke 'smin viśrutāni māhanti ca| tāni tvaṃ kathayāsmākaṃ romaharṣaṇa sāṃpratam||

For the sin of abducting men or women, of seizing a house, well, tank or a water (reservoir), the purificatory rite is Candrayana.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 1

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 1

माहात्म्यमविमुक्तस्य यथावत तदुदीरितम। इदानीं तु प्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं ब्रूहि सुव्रत।।

māhātmyamavimuktasya yathāvat tadudīritam| idānīṃ tu prayāgasya māhātmyaṃ brūhi suvrata||

After staying near Kapardisa for many years, the holy sage went to see Madhyamesa.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 2

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 2

यानि तीर्थानि तत्रैव विश्रुतानि महान्ति वै। इदानीं कथयास्माकं सूत सर्वार्थविद भवान।।

yāni tīrthāni tatraiva viśrutāni mahānti vai| idānīṃ kathayāsmākaṃ sūta sarvārthavid bhavān||

* There he saw the river Mandakini of translucent, sanctifying waters, served by groups of sages. On seeing it, the sage became glad.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 2

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 2

शृणुध्वं कथयिष्ये ऽहं तीर्थानि विविधानि च। कथितानि पुराणेषु मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः।।

śṛṇudhvaṃ kathayiṣye 'haṃ tīrthāni vividhāni ca| kathitāni purāṇeṣu munibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ||

After committing the petty theft, of article of no great worth from the houses of others, one should perform the expiatory rite of Santapana and Krcchra for the purpose of self¬ purification, after the restitution of the same (to the owner).

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 3

शृणुध्वमृषयः सर्वे विस्तरेण ब्रवीमि वः। प्रयागस्य च माहात्म्यं यत्र देवः पितामहः।।

śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve vistareṇa bravīmi vaḥ| prayāgasya ca māhātmyaṃ yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ||

Beholding intently (at the river), the holy sage Dvai- payana whose mind was purified with deep devotional feelings and who was himself the knower of the rites of ablutions, took his holy bath along with sages. Bracketed verse : 3A. He the son of Satyavati, worshipped Bhava (Siva), the first cause of the worlds, with different kinds of flowers, after entering the shrine alongwith the leading disciples.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 3

यत्र स्नानं जपो होमः श्राद्धदानादिकं कृतम। एकैकशो मुनिश्रेष्ठाः पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम।।

yatra snānaṃ japo homaḥ śrāddhadānādikaṃ kṛtam| ekaikaśo muniśreṣṭhāḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam||

After committing the theft of grains, cooked food and cash intentionally from the houses of his fellow-caste men, an excellent Brahmana shall become purified by Krcchrardha (half a Krcchra) vow.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 4

पञ्चयोजनविस्तीर्णं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। प्रयागं प्रथितं तीर्थं तस्य माहात्म्यमीरितम।।

pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| prayāgaṃ prathitaṃ tīrthaṃ tasya māhātmyamīritam||

Drinking the Pancagavya^ is the expiation for the theft of food-stuffs and edibles, of vehicles, beds and seats, of flowers, roots and fruits.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 4

मार्कण्डेयेन कथितं कौन्तेयाय महात्मने। यथा युधिष्ठिरायैतत तद्वक्ष्ये भवतामहम।।

mārkaṇḍeyena kathitaṃ kaunteyāya mahātmane| yathā yudhiṣṭhirāyaitat tadvakṣye bhavatāmaham||

After duly performing Tarpana rites to Devas, to the sages, to the PUrs, he performed the worship of trident-bearing Madhyamesvara, I Sana god Siva.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 5

निहत्य कौरवान सर्वान भ्रातृभिः सह पार्थिवः। शोकेन महाताविष्टा मुमोह स युधिष्ठिरः।।

nihatya kauravāna sarvān bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pārthivaḥ| śokena mahātāviṣṭā mumoha sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||

Then the tranquil devotees of Pasupati who had besmeared their bodies with Bhasma (sacred ashes) came to see Madhyamesvara, Isvara, Rudra.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 5

अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं कुरूणां देववन्दितम। ऋषीणामाश्रमैर्जुष्टं सर्वपापविशोधनम।।

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ kurūṇāṃ devavanditam| ṛṣīṇāmāśramairjuṣṭaṃ sarvapāpaviśodhanam||

The expiation for the theft of grass, fuel and timber, of raw rice and jaggery, of robes, hides and meat, is fasting for three nights.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 6

तत्र स्नात्वा विशुद्धात्मा दम्भमात्सर्यवर्जितः। ददाति यत्किञ्चिदपि पुनात्युभयतः कुलम।।

tatra snātvā viśuddhātmā dambhamātsaryavarjitaḥ| dadāti yatkiñcidapi punātyubhayataḥ kulam||

The expiation for the theft of jewels, pearls and coral, of copper and silver and of magnetic stones is eating of food- particles for twelve days.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 6

अचिरेणाथ कालेन मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः। संप्राप्तो हास्तिनपुरं राजद्वारे स तिष्ठति।।

acireṇātha kālena mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ| saṃprāpto hāstinapuraṃ rājadvāre sa tiṣṭhati||

Their minds were attached to Orhkara. They were engrossed in the study of the Vedas. Some had matted hair. Some had tonsured heads; they had pure sacred thread; some had only the loin cloth, while others did not have any cloth. They were quiescent and devoted to the discipline of celibacy. They had full self control and were interested in perfect knowledge.*

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 7

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 7

द्वारपालो ऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा राज्ञः कथितवान द्रुतम। मार्कण्डेयो द्रष्टुमिच्छंस्त्वामास्ते द्वार्यसौ मुनिः।।

dvārapālo 'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājñaḥ kathitavān drutam| mārkaṇḍeyo draṣṭumicchaṃstvāmāste dvāryasau muniḥ||

Their minds were attached to Orhkara. They were engrossed in the study of the Vedas. Some had matted hair. Some had tonsured heads; they had pure sacred thread; some had only the loin cloth, while others did not have any cloth. They were quiescent and devoted to the discipline of celibacy. They had full self control and were interested in perfect knowledge.*

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 7

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 7

गयातीर्थं परं गुह्यं पितॄणां चाति वल्लभम। कृत्वा पिण्डप्रदानं तु न भूयो जायते नरः।।

gayātīrthaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ cāti vallabham| kṛtvā piṇḍapradānaṃ tu na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ||

As an expiation for the sinful act of stealing cotton, eleven-hoofed or single-hoofed animals, of flowers, scents and medicines, one should drink water (or milk) for three days. 8-9a. After eating human flesh, one should perform the expiatory rite of Candrayana. After eating a crow, a dog, an elephant, a boar, or a cock, one becomes purified through Taptakrcchra. 9b-10a. After taking in the flesh of beasts (and birds) of prey, their faeces or urine, as well as those of cow, jackal and

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 8

त्वरितो धर्मपुत्रस्तु द्वारमेत्याह तत्परम। स्वागतं ते महाप्राज्ञ स्वागतं ते महामुने।।

tvarito dharmaputrastu dvārametyāha tatparam| svāgataṃ te mahāprājña svāgataṃ te mahāmune||

On seeing sage Dvaipayana surrounded by his disciples, the Brahmanas worshipped him suitably and spoke these words.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 8

सकृद गयाभिगमनं कृत्वा पिण्डं ददाति यः। तारिताः पितरस्तेन यास्यन्ति परमां गतिम।।

sakṛd gayābhigamanaṃ kṛtvā piṇḍaṃ dadāti yaḥ| tāritāḥ pitarastena yāsyanti paramāṃ gatim||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 9

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 9

तत्र लोकहितार्थाय रुद्रेण परमात्मना। शिलातले पदं न्यस्तं तत्र पितॄन प्रसादयेत।।

tatra lokahitārthāya rudreṇa paramātmanā| śilātale padaṃ nyastaṃ tatra pitṝn prasādayet||

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 9

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 9

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे तारितं कुलम। अद्य मे पितरस्तुष्टास्त्वयि तुष्टे महामुने।।

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me tāritaṃ kulam| adya me pitarastuṣṭāstvayi tuṣṭe mahāmune||

“Who are you, O great sage ? Whence have you come along with your disciples ?” Paila and other disciples spoke to those sages purified by means of piety.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 10

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 10

सिंहासनमुपस्थाप्य पादशौचार्चनादिभिः। युधिष्ठिरो महात्मेति पूजयामास तं मुनिम।।

siṃhāsanamupasthāpya pādaśaucārcanādibhiḥ| yudhiṣṭhiro mahātmeti pūjayāmāsa taṃ munim||

“This is the son of Satyavati, the holy sage Krsna- dvaipayana. He is Vyasa and Hrsikesa (Visnu) himself by whom the Vedas have been classified.”

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 10

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 10

गयाभिगमनं कर्तुं यः शक्तो नाभिगच्छति। शोचन्ति पितरस्तं वै वृथा तस्य परिश्रमः।।

gayābhigamanaṃ kartuṃ yaḥ śakto nābhigacchati| śocanti pitarastaṃ vai vṛthā tasya pariśramaḥ||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 11

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 11

गायन्ति पितरो गाथाः कीर्तयन्ति महर्षयः। गयांयास्यतियः कश्चित सो ऽस्मान संतारयिष्यति।।

gāyanti pitaro gāthāḥ kīrtayanti maharṣayaḥ| gayāṃyāsyatiyaḥ kaścit so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati||

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 11

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 11

मार्कण्डेयस्ततस्तुष्टः प्रोवाच स युधिष्ठिरम। किमर्थं मुह्यसे विद्वन सर्वं ज्ञात्वाहमागतः।।

mārkaṇḍeyastatastuṣṭaḥ provāca sa yudhiṣṭhiram| kimarthaṃ muhyase vidvan sarvaṃ jñātvāhamāgataḥ||

To him, god Mahadeva, the Pinaka-bearing lord himself, became the son named Suka, with a portion of his part.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 12

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 12

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा प्रणम्याह महामुनिम। कथय त्वं समासेन येन मुच्येत किल्बिषैः।।

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā praṇamyāha mahāmunim| kathaya tvaṃ samāsena yena mucyeta kilbiṣaiḥ||

He has resorted to Mahadeva, Sankara, with heart and soul and the greatest devotion and has attained that perfect divine knowledge.”

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 12

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 12

यदि स्यात पातकोपेतः स्वधर्मरतिवर्जितः। गयां यास्यति वंश्यो यः सो ऽस्मान संतारयिष्यति।।

yadi syāt pātakopetaḥ svadharmarativarjitaḥ| gayāṃ yāsyati vaṃśyo yaḥ so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati||

After eating a beast of prey, camel or a mule (or donkey), one is purified by means of Taptakrcchra vow. He shall perform all rites in accordance with the procedure mentioned before.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 13

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 13

एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्राः शीलवन्तो गुणान्विताः। तेषां तु समवेतानां यद्येको ऽपि गयां व्रजेत।।

eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrāḥ śīlavanto guṇānvitāḥ| teṣāṃ tu samavetānāṃ yadyeko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet||

After eating the flesh of a crane, a stork, a swan, the Karandava duck and the Cakravaka (ruddy goose) bird, one should not take food for twelve days.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 13

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 13

निहता वहवो युद्धे पुंसो निरपराधिनः। अस्माभिः कौरवैः सार्धं प्रसङ्गान्मुनिपुङ्गव।।

nihatā vahavo yuddhe puṃso niraparādhinaḥ| asmābhiḥ kauravaiḥ sārdhaṃ prasaṅgānmunipuṅgava||

Thereafter, all those devotees of Pasupati, with hairs standing on end due to excessive delight, spoke to Vy^a, the son of Satyavati, with a quiescent mind. *v.l. expert in meditation and Vedanta.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 14

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 14

तस्मात सर्वप्रयत्नेन ब्राह्मणस्तु विशेषतः। प्रदद्याद विधिवत पिण्डान गयां गत्वा समाहितः।।

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇastu viśeṣataḥ| pradadyād vidhivat piṇḍān gayāṃ gatvā samāhitaḥ||

After eating the dove, the Tittibha, the parrot, the drake, the owl and the web-foot, one should perform the same expiatory rite.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 14

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 14

येन हिंसासमुद्भूताज्जन्मान्तरकृतादपि। मुच्यते पातकादस्मात तद भवान वक्तुमर्हति।।

yena hiṃsāsamudbhūtājjanmāntarakṛtādapi| mucyate pātakādasmāt tad bhavān vaktumarhati||

“O holy lord, the knowledge of Paramesthin has been acquired by you by the grace of the lord of Devas. It is the greatest knowledge pertaining to Mahesvara.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 15

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 15

धन्यास्तु खलु ते मर्त्या गयायां पिण्डदायिनः। कुलान्युभयतः सप्त समुद्धृत्याप्नुयात परम।।

dhanyāstu khalu te martyā gayāyāṃ piṇḍadāyinaḥ| kulānyubhayataḥ sapta samuddhṛtyāpnuyāt param||

After eating the Gangetic porpoise, the blue jay, the flesh of fish and Katahara (i.e. a jackal or a crow that is feasting on dead bodies), one shall perform this expiatory rite alone.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 15

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 15

शृणु राजन महाभाग यन्मां पृच्छसि भारत। प्रयागगमनं श्रेष्ठं नराणां पापनाशनम।।

śṛṇu rājan mahābhāga yanmāṃ pṛcchasi bhārat| prayāgagamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ narāṇāṃ pāpanāśanam||

Hence, expound this excellent, unrevealed mystic secret to us without any agitation. May we see the lord quickly after hearing about him through your oral utterance.”

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 16

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 16

अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं सिद्धावासमुदाहृतम। प्रभासमिति विख्यातं यत्रास्ते भगवान भवः।।

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ siddhāvāsamudāhṛtam| prabhāsamiti vikhyātaṃ yatrāste bhagavān bhavaḥ||

After eating the cuckoo, the fish (animals and birds), the frog and the serpent, one shall become pure within a month, if one takes in barley boiled in cow’s urine as food.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 16

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 16

तत्र देवो महादेवो रुद्रो विश्वामरेश्वरः। समास्ते भगवान ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूरपि दैवदैः।।

tatra devo mahādevo rudro viśvāmareśvaraḥ| samāste bhagavān brahmā svayaṃbhūrapi daivadaiḥ||

After dismissing those disciples the chief of whom was sage Sumantu, the most excellent among the knowers of Yoga explained to the Yogins that great knowledge.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 17

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 17

भगवञ्च्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि प्रयागगमने फलम। मृतानां का गतिस्तत्र स्नातानामपि किं फलम।।

bhagavañcchrotumicchāmi prayāgagamane phalam| mṛtānāṃ kā gatistatra snātānāmapi kiṃ phalam||

At that same instant a pure and excellent mass of brilliant light manifested itself there. Those Brahmanas got themselves merged there and vanished in a moment.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 17

तत्र स्नानं तपः श्राद्धं ब्राह्मणानां च पूजनम। कृत्वा लोकमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मणो ऽक्षय्यमुत्तमम।।

tatra snānaṃ tapaḥ śrāddhaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pūjanam| kṛtvā lokamavāpnoti brahmaṇo 'kṣayyamuttamam||

On eating acquatic beings, animals born in water, gallinaceous birds (such as domestic owl, porridge etc.) red¬ footed parrots, one should observe this vow for seven days.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 18

ये वसन्ति प्रयागे तु ब्रूहि तेषां तु किं फलम। भवता विदितं ह्येतत तन्मे ब्रूहि नमो ऽस्तु ते।।

ye vasanti prayāge tu brūhi teṣāṃ tu kiṃ phalam| bhavatā viditaṃ hyetat tanme brūhi namo 'stu te||

Thereafter, the revered sage, the most excellent one among the knowers of Brahman, recalled Paila and all other disciples and recounted the greatness of Madhyamesa.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 18

तीर्थं त्रैयम्बकं नाम सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम। पूजयित्वा तत्र रुद्रं ज्योतिष्टोमफलं लभेत।।

tīrthaṃ traiyambakaṃ nāma sarvadevanamaskṛtam| pūjayitvā tatra rudraṃ jyotiṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet||

On eating dog’s flesh and dried meat and on even getting them made ready for oneself, one should perform this expiatory rite for a month, in order to quell that sin.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 19

कथयिष्यामि ते वत्स या चेष्टा यच्च तत्फलम। पुरा महर्षिभिः सम्यक कथ्यमानं मया श्रुतम।।

kathayiṣyāmi te vatsa yā ceṣṭā yacca tatphalam| purā maharṣibhiḥ samyak kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam||

It is here that the supreme lord Siva indulges in sport alongwith his consort Parvati, in the company of ganas.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 19

सुवर्णाक्षं महादेवं समभ्यर्च्य कपर्दिनम। ब्राह्मणान पूजयित्वा तु गाणपत्यं लभेद ध्रुवम।।

suvarṇākṣaṃ mahādevaṃ samabhyarcya kapardinam| brāhmaṇān pūjayitvā tu gāṇapatyaṃ labhed dhruvam||

On eating brinjals, earth-grass, horse-radish, a tree called Kutaka, Gataka (a sparrow), the Khadga (rhinoceros) and Kumbhira (a plant Rottleria tinctoria), one shall perform the expiatory vow called Prajapatya.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 20

एतत प्रजापतिक्षेत्रं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम। अत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः।।

etat prajāpatikṣetraṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam| atra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste 'punarbhavāḥ||

It is here that formerly Krsna, son of DevakI, Hrsikesa stayed continuously for one year, surrounded by Pasupatas.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 20

सोमेश्वरं तीर्थवरं रुद्रस्य परमेष्ठिनः। सर्वव्याधिहरं पुण्यं रुद्रसालोक्यकारणम।।

someśvaraṃ tīrthavaraṃ rudrasya parameṣṭhinaḥ| sarvavyādhiharaṃ puṇyaṃ rudrasālokyakāraṇam||

On eating garlic and onion, one should observe the Candrayanavow, (on eating) Nalika (lotus-stalk) andTandulia, one becomes pure by means of the Prajapatya rite. II.34.21-31a 531

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 21

तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं विजयं नाम शोभनम। तत्र लिङ्गं महेशस्य विजयं नाम विश्रुतम।।

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ vijayaṃ nāma śobhanam| tatra liṅgaṃ maheśasya vijayaṃ nāma viśrutam||

On eating the Asmantaka plant and the young shoot of any plant, one becomes pure by means of Taptakrcchra rite. On eating safflower, one shall become pure by means of the expiatory rite of Prajapatya. 22-23a. On eating the bottle-gourd and Kirhsuka also one should perform the same (above) rite. On drinking the squashes and decoctions (?) of these out of delusion, one should subsist on barley cooked in cow’s urine for seven days, after which one would become pure. On eating Udumbara (Indian fig) at will, one becomes purified by means of Taptakrccha. 23b-24a. After eating in a Sraddha at the end of the 1st year or during the period of impurity due to death or birth, a Brahmana of great concentration and purity shall become purified by means of the Candrayana rite. 24b-25a. In case a Brahmana eats the food of a person who performs Homa everyday but does not make (even the slightest) gift of cooked food, he shall perform the Candrayana rite neatly. 25b-26. On eating the cooked food that is forbidden or that is served by low-caste fellows), one becomes pure by means of Taptakrcchra. On eating the food of a Candala, a Brahmana shall observe the Candrayana vow properly.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 21

तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा रक्षां कुर्वन्ति संगताः। बहून्यन्यानि तीर्थानि सर्वपापापहानि तु।।

tatra brahmādayo devā rakṣāṃ kurvanti saṃgatāḥ| bahūnyanyāni tīrthāni sarvapāpāpahāni tu||

Besmearing his body entirely with Bhasma, and devot¬ ed to the propitiation of Rudra, Hari performed the holy vow pertaining to Pasupati and propitiated Sambhu.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 22

कथितुं नेह शक्नोमि बहुवर्षशतैरपि। संक्षेपेण प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रयागस्येह कीर्तनम।।

kathituṃ neha śaknomi bahuvarṣaśatairapi| saṃkṣepeṇa pravakṣyāmi prayāgasyeha kīrtanam||

Many of his disciples devoted to the vow of celibacy attained perfect knowledge, through his advice and perceived Mahesvara.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 22

षण्मासान नियताहारो ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः। उषित्वा तत्र विप्रेन्द्रा यास्यन्ति परमं पदम।।

ṣaṇmāsān niyatāhāro brahmacārī samāhitaḥ| uṣitvā tatra viprendrā yāsyanti paramaṃ padam||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 23

षष्टिर्धनुः सहस्त्राणि यानि रक्षन्ति जाह्नवीम। यमुनां रक्षति सदा सविता सप्तवाहनः।।

ṣaṣṭirdhanuḥ sahastrāṇi yāni rakṣanti jāhnavīm| yamunāṃ rakṣati sadā savitā saptavāhanaḥ||

Lord Mahadeva, the blue-red complexioned God appeared directly before Krsna. The bestower of boons that he is, the lord conferred upon him excellent boons.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 23

अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं पूर्वदेशे सुशोभनम। एकाम्रं देवदेवस्य गाणपत्यफलप्रदम।।

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ pūrvadeśe suśobhanam| ekāmraṃ devadevasya gāṇapatyaphalapradam||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 24

प्रयागे तु विशेषेण स्वयं वसति वासवः। मण्डलं रक्षति हरिः सर्वदेवैश्च सम्मितम।।

prayāge tu viśeṣeṇa svayaṃ vasati vāsavaḥ| maṇḍalaṃ rakṣati hariḥ sarvadevaiśca sammitam||

“O embodiment of the Universe ! Those of my devo¬ tees who worship Govinda with due rites and formalities, will have engendered in them this divine knowledge pertaining to Isvara (Siva).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 24

दत्त्वात्र शिवभक्तानां किञ्चिच्छश्वन्महीं शुभाम। सार्वभौमो भवेद राजा मुमुक्षुर्मोक्षमाप्नुयात।।

dattvātra śivabhaktānāṃ kiñcicchaśvanmahīṃ śubhām| sārvabhaumo bhaved rājā mumukṣurmokṣamāpnuyāt||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 25

महानदीजलं पुण्यं सर्वपापविनाशनम। ग्रहणे समुपस्पृश्य मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः।।

mahānadījalaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam| grahaṇe samupaspṛśya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 25

न्यग्रोधं रक्षते नित्यं शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः। स्थानं रक्षन्ति वै देवाः सर्वपापहरं शुभम।।

nyagrodhaṃ rakṣate nityaṃ śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ| sthānaṃ rakṣanti vai devāḥ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham||

There is no doubt in this that you will be the Isa, worthy of being worshipped and meditated by the twice-born people devoted to me, thanks to my grace.”

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 26

अन्या च विरजा नाम नदी त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता। तस्यां स्नात्वा नरो विप्रा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते।।

anyā ca virajā nāma nadī trailokyaviśrutā| tasyāṃ snātvā naro viprā brahmaloke mahīyate||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 26

स्वकर्मणावृतो लोको नैव गच्छति तत्पदम। स्वल्पं स्वल्पतरं पापं यदा तस्य नराधिप। प्रयागं स्मरमाणस्य सर्वमायाति संक्षयम।।

svakarmaṇāvṛto loko naiva gacchati tatpadam| svalpaṃ svalpataraṃ pāpaṃ yadā tasya narādhipa| prayāgaṃ smaramāṇasya sarvamāyāti saṃkṣayam||

The sins due to Brahmana-slaughter, etc. of those people who visit the lord of Devas and who meditate on Pinaka- bearing lord, perish quickly. 262 Kurma Pur ana

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 27

तीर्थं नारायणस्यान्यन्नाम्ना तु पुरुषोत्तमम। तत्र नारायणः श्रीमानास्ते परमपूरुषः।।

tīrthaṃ nārāyaṇasyānyannāmnā tu puruṣottamam| tatra nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānāste paramapūruṣaḥ||

If he takes that food wantonly and deliberately, he should perform the Krcchra rite for a year and he has to undergo consecration rites once again. (Defective) After taking in an intoxicating drink other than wine, he should perform the Candrayana expiation.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 27

दर्शनात तस्य तीर्थस्य नाम संकीर्तनादपि। मुत्तिकालम्भनाद वापि नरः पापात प्रमुच्यते।।

darśanāt tasya tīrthasya nāma saṃkīrtanādapi| muttikālambhanād vāpi naraḥ pāpāt pramucyate||

Those of Brahmanas who, though engaged in sinful activities, give up their life (at this sacred place) will attain to that Supreme abode. No doubt need be entertained in this respect.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 28

पञ्च कुण्डानि राजेन्द्र येषां मध्ये तु जाह्नवी। प्रयागं विशतः पुंसः पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात।।

pañca kuṇḍāni rājendra yeṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī| prayāgaṃ viśataḥ puṃsaḥ pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt||

O Brahmanas ! They are verily the blessed ones who take a holy dip in MandakinI and worship the great God, the excellent Madhyamesvara (Lihga).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 28

पूजयित्वा परं विष्णुं स्नात्वा तत्र द्विजोत्तमः। ब्राह्मणान पूजयित्वा तु विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात।।

pūjayitvā paraṃ viṣṇuṃ snātvā tatra dvijottamaḥ| brāhmaṇān pūjayitvā tu viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt||

On eating forbidden food, one becomes pure by means of the Prajapatya vow. If one (unknowingly) drinks urine, semen virile or faeces, one shall perform this rite in expiation. 29a. If (the duration of expiation or fast) is not enjoined the expiatory rite must really be performed everywhere for one day. 29b-30a. On taking in the faeces and urine of the filthy pig, donkey, camel, jackal, monkey and crow, a Brahmana should perform the Candrayana expiatory rite. 30b-31a. The three twice-born castes (i.e. the Brahmana, the Ksatriya and the Vaisya) deserve to be consecrated once 532 K urma Pur ana again, if they unwittingly take in the urine and faeces in contact with urine. 3lb-32. If out of delusion, an excellent Brahmana takes in the faeces and urine of the carnivorous birds, he should per¬ form the expiatory rite of Mahasantapana. If he takes in the urine and faeces of the vulture, frog, sparrow and the domestic fowl, he should perform the Krcchra rite. 33-34a. A person (Brahmana ?) is purified by observing the Prajapatya vow, if he happens to eat the leavings of food {ucchifta ) of a Brahmana. (In case he eats) the ucchifta of a Ksattriya, Tapta-krcchra expiation should be performed, and Ati-krccha expiation, after eating a Vaisya’s ucchista. Having eaten the leavings of food of a Sudra, a Brahmana should observe the Candrayana vow. 34b. After drinking water from the pot of wine, one should perform the vow of Candrayana.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 29

तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं गोकर्णं नाम विश्रुतम। सर्वपापहरं शंभोर्निवासः परमेष्ठिनः।।

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ gokarṇaṃ nāma viśrutam| sarvapāpaharaṃ śaṃbhornivāsaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 29

योजनानां सहस्त्रेषु गङ्गां यः स्मरते नरः। अपि दुष्कृतकर्मासौ लभते परमां गतिम।।

yojanānāṃ sahastreṣu gaṅgāṃ yaḥ smarate naraḥ| api duṣkṛtakarmāsau labhate paramāṃ gatim||

O Brahmanas, anyone of these rites, viz. ablution, charitable gifts, penance, Sraddha and offering of the balls of rice (as pinda) performed duly at this place sanctifies upto the seventh generation.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 30

कीर्तनान्मुच्यते पापाद दृष्ट्वा भद्राणि पश्यति। तथोपस्पृश्य राजेन्द्र स्वर्गलोके महीयते।।

kīrtanānmucyate pāpād dṛṣṭvā bhadrāṇi paśyati| tathopaspṛśya rājendra svargaloke mahīyate||

If they are performed at Kuruksetra when the sun is devoured by Rahu (at the time of solar eclipse), the benefit that a man derives therefrom is tenfold.”

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 30

दृष्ट्वा लिंङ्गं तु देवस्य गोकर्णेश्वरमुत्तमम। ईप्सितांल्लभते कामान रुद्रस्य दयितो भवेत।।

dṛṣṭvā liṃṅgaṃ tu devasya gokarṇeśvaramuttamam| īpsitāṃllabhate kāmān rudrasya dayito bhavet||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 31

उत्तरं चापि गोकर्णं लिङ्गं देवस्य शूलिनः। महादेवस्यार्चयित्वा शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात।।

uttaraṃ cāpi gokarṇaṃ liṅgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ| mahādevasyārcayitvā śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 31

व्याधितो यदि वा दीनः क्रूद्धो वापि भवेन्नरः। गङ्गायमुनमासाद्य त्यजेत प्राणान प्रयत्नतः।।

vyādhito yadi vā dīnaḥ krūddho vāpi bhavennaraḥ| gaṅgāyamunamāsādya tyajet prāṇān prayatnataḥ||

After saying thus, the great Yogin stayed fora long time in the vicinity of Madhyamesa, worshipping Mahesvara.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 32

दीप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभैर्विमानैर्भानुवर्णिभिः। ईप्सितांल्लभते कामान वदन्ति मुनिपुङ्गवाः।।

dīptakāñcanavarṇābhairvimānairbhānuvarṇibhiḥ| īpsitāṃllabhate kāmān vadanti munipuṅgavāḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 32

तत्र देवो महादेवः स्थाणुरित्यभिविश्रुतः। तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते तत्क्षणान्नरः।।

tatra devo mahādevaḥ sthāṇurityabhiviśrutaḥ| taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate tatkṣaṇānnaraḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 33

अन्यत कुब्जाम्रमतुलं स्थानं विष्णोर्महात्मनः। संपूज्य पुरुषं विष्णुं श्वेतद्वीपे महीयते।।

anyat kubjāmramatulaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇormahātmanaḥ| saṃpūjya puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ śvetadvīpe mahīyate||

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 33

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 33

सर्वरत्नमयैर्दिव्यैर्नानाध्वजसमाकुलैः। वराङ्गनासमाकीर्णैर्मोदते शुभलक्षणः।।

sarvaratnamayairdivyairnānādhvajasamākulaiḥ| varāṅganāsamākīrṇairmodate śubhalakṣaṇaḥ||

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 34

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 34

गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषैः प्रसुप्तः प्रतिबुध्यते। यावन्न स्मरते जन्म तापत स्वर्गे महीयते।।

gītavāditranirghoṣaiḥ prasuptaḥ pratibudhyate| yāvanna smarate janma tāpat svarge mahīyate||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 34

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 34

यत्र नारायणो देवो रुद्रेण त्रिपुरारिणा। कृत्वा यज्ञस्य मथनं दक्षस्य तु विसर्जितः।।

yatra nārāyaṇo devo rudreṇa tripurāriṇā| kṛtvā yajñasya mathanaṃ dakṣasya tu visarjitaḥ||

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 35

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 35

तस्मात स्वर्गात परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्मा नरोत्तम। हिरण्यरत्नसंपूर्णे समृद्धे जायते कुले।।

tasmāt svargāt paribhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā narottama| hiraṇyaratnasaṃpūrṇe samṛddhe jāyate kule||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 35

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 35

समन्ताद योजनं क्षेत्रं सिद्धर्षिगणवन्दितम। पुण्यमायतनं विष्णोस्तत्रास्ते पुरुषोत्तमः।।

samantād yojanaṃ kṣetraṃ siddharṣigaṇavanditam| puṇyamāyatanaṃ viṣṇostatrāste puruṣottamaḥ||

If a Brahmana eats the leavings of the food (of unspecified persons), he becomes purified by drinking cow’s urine, eating (for food) barley cooked in cow’s urine or by drinking the water that remains after cows have drunk.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 36

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 36

अन्यत कोकामुखं विष्णोस्तीर्थमद्भुतकर्मणः। मृतो ऽत्र पातकैर्मुक्तो विष्णुसारूप्यमाप्नुयात।।

anyat kokāmukhaṃ viṣṇostīrthamadbhutakarmaṇaḥ| mṛto 'tra pātakairmukto viṣṇusārūpyamāpnuyāt||

If one takes in water defiled by urine, faeces etc., the expiatory rite for the sin is Santapana or Krcchra.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 36

तदेव स्मरते तीर्थं स्मरणात तत्र गच्छति। देशस्थो यदि वारण्ये विदेशे यदि वा गृहे।।

tadeva smarate tīrthaṃ smaraṇāt tatra gacchati| deśastho yadi vāraṇye videśe yadi vā gṛhe||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 37

प्रयागं स्मरमाणस्तु यस्तु प्राणान परित्यजेत। ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति वदन्ति मुनिपुङ्गवाः।।

prayāgaṃ smaramāṇastu yastu prāṇān parityajet| brahmalokamavāpnoti vadanti munipuṅgavāḥ||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 37

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 37

शालग्रामं महातीर्थं विष्णोः प्रीतिविवर्धनम। प्राणांस्तत्र नरस्त्यक्त्वा हृषीकेषं प्रपश्यति।।

śālagrāmaṃ mahātīrthaṃ viṣṇoḥ prītivivardhanam| prāṇāṃstatra narastyaktvā hṛṣīkeṣaṃ prapaśyati||

If a Brahmana, knowingly, drinks water from the well of a Candala or his water-pot, he should perform the rite of Santapana or Krcchra. That is the way to atone for the sin.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 38

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 38

अश्वतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सिद्धावासं सुपावनम। आस्ते हयशिरा नित्यं तत्र नारायणः स्वयम।।

aśvatīrthamiti khyātaṃ siddhāvāsaṃ supāvanam| āste hayaśirā nityaṃ tatra nārāyaṇaḥ svayam||

On drinking the water touched by a Candala, an excellent Brahmana becomes purified by means of Pancagavya (preparation of the five products of cows viz. urine, faeces, milk, curds and ghee) as well as the chief expiatory rite for three days.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 38

सर्वकामफला वृक्षा मही यत्र हिरण्मयी। ऋषयो मुनयः सिद्धास्तत्र लोके स गच्छति।।

sarvakāmaphalā vṛkṣā mahī yatra hiraṇmayī| ṛṣayo munayaḥ siddhāstatra loke sa gacchati||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 39

स्त्रीसहस्त्राकुले रम्ये मन्दाकिन्यास्तटे शुभे। मोदते मुनिभिः सार्धं स्वकृतेनेह कर्मणा।।

strīsahastrākule ramye mandākinyāstaṭe śubhe| modate munibhiḥ sārdhaṃ svakṛteneha karmaṇā||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 39

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 39

तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। पुष्करं सर्वपापघ्नं मृतानां ब्रह्मलोकदम।।

tīrthaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| puṣkaraṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ mṛtānāṃ brahmalokadam||

If a Brahmana knowingly or out of delusion touches a great sinner and takes food with him, he should take bath and perform Taptakrcchra.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 40

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 40

मनसा संस्मरेद यस्तु पुष्करं वै द्विजोत्तमः। पूयते पातकैः सर्वैः शक्रेण सह मोदते।।

manasā saṃsmared yastu puṣkaraṃ vai dvijottamaḥ| pūyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ śakreṇa saha modate||

If one touches a great sinner, a Candala, or a woman in her monthly courses and unwittingly takes food, he shall become pure (after observing fast for) three nights.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 40

सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वैः पूज्यते दिवि दैवतैः। ततः स्वर्गात परिभ्रष्टो जम्बुद्वीपपतिर्भवेत।।

siddhacāraṇagandharvaiḥ pūjyate divi daivataiḥ| tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo jambudvīpapatirbhavet||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 41

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 41

तत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सयक्षोरगराक्षसाः। उपासते सिद्धसङ्घा ब्रह्मणं पद्मसंभवम।।

tatra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ| upāsate siddhasaṅghā brahmaṇaṃ padmasaṃbhavam||

If a man fit to take bath (i.e. one who should take bath) takes food, without bathing), he shall become pure (by observing a fast) in the course of a day and a night. If he does

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 41

ततः शुभानि कर्माणि चिन्तयानः पुनः पुनः। गुणवान वित्तसंपन्नो भवतीह न संशयः। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सत्यधर्मप्रतिष्ठितः।।

tataḥ śubhāni karmāṇi cintayānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ| guṇavān vittasaṃpanno bhavatīha na saṃśayaḥ| karmaṇā manasā vācā satyadharmapratiṣṭhitaḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 42

गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये यस्तु ग्रामं प्रतीच्छति। सुवर्णमथ मुक्तां वा तथैवान्यान प्रतिग्रहान।।

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye yastu grāmaṃ pratīcchati| suvarṇamatha muktāṃ vā tathaivānyān pratigrahān||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 42

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 42

तत्र स्त्रात्वा भवेच्छुद्धो ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम। पूजयित्वा द्विजवरान ब्रह्माणं संप्रपष्यति।।

tatra strātvā bhavecchuddho brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam| pūjayitvā dvijavarān brahmāṇaṃ saṃprapaṣyati||

On eating stale food-stuffs or those defiled by cows, etc, one should observe fast or perform a fourth of the Krcchra expiation.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 43

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 43

तत्राभिगम्य देवेशं पुरुहूतमनिन्दितम। सुरूपो जायते मर्त्यः सर्वान कामानवाप्नुयात।।

tatrābhigamya deveśaṃ puruhūtamaninditam| surūpo jāyate martyaḥ sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt||

At the end of every year, a Brahmana should observe the Krcchra vow again for the purification of the sin due to the eating of forbidden things unwittingly and particularly those taken in wantonly.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 43

स्वकार्ये पितृकार्ये वा देवताभ्यर्चने ऽपि वा। निष्फलं तस्य तत तीर्थं यावत तत्फलमश्नुते।।

svakārye pitṛkārye vā devatābhyarcane 'pi vā| niṣphalaṃ tasya tat tīrthaṃ yāvat tatphalamaśnute||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 44

सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं ब्रह्माद्यैः सेवितं परम। पूजयित्वा तत्र रुद्रमश्वमेधफलं लभेत।।

saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevitaṃ param| pūjayitvā tatra rudramaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet||

After performing the Yajnas on behalf of Vratyas (the people of the three castes who have become outcaste) and the obsequies of others as well as for exorcising (for malicious purpose), one becomes purified by means of three Krcchras.

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The glory of Varanasi'. The Greatness of Madhyame^vard?- SSta said : - Verse 44

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 44

अतस्तीर्थे न गृह्णीयात पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च। निमित्तेषु च सर्वेषु अप्रमत्तो द्विजो भवेत।।

atastīrthe na gṛhṇīyāt puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca| nimitteṣu ca sarveṣu apramatto dvijo bhavet||

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 45

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 45

यत्र मङ्कणको रुद्रं प्रपन्नः परमेश्वरम। आराधयामास हरं पञ्चक्षरपरायणः।।

yatra maṅkaṇako rudraṃ prapannaḥ parameśvaram| ārādhayāmāsa haraṃ pañcakṣaraparāyaṇaḥ||

On performing the cremation and other rites for Brahmanas and others who are killed, a Brahmana becomes pure by means of Prajapatya expiation and eating barley cooked in cow’s urine.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 45

कपिलां पाटलावर्णां यस्तु धेनुं प्रयच्छति। स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां चैलकण्ठां पयस्विनीम।।

kapilāṃ pāṭalāvarṇāṃ yastu dhenuṃ prayacchati| svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ cailakaṇṭhāṃ payasvinīm||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 46

यावद रोमाणि तस्या वै सन्ति गात्रेषु सत्तम। तावद वर्षसहस्त्राणि रुद्रलोके महीयते।।

yāvad romāṇi tasyā vai santi gātreṣu sattama| tāvad varṣasahastrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 46

नमः शिवायेति मुनिः जपन पञ्चाक्षरं परम। आराधयामास शिवं तपसा गोवृषध्वजम।।

namaḥ śivāyeti muniḥ japan pañcākṣaraṃ param| ārādhayāmāsa śivaṃ tapasā govṛṣadhvajam||

A person who has besmeared himself with oil or vomitted, passes urine or discharges faeces or shaves himself or indulges in sexual intercourse, becomes purified by observing a fast for a day and a night (i.e. one full day).

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 47

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 47

प्रजज्वालाथ तपसा मुनिर्मङ्कणकस्तदा। ननर्त हर्षवेगेन ज्ञात्वा रुद्रं समागतम।।

prajajvālātha tapasā munirmaṅkaṇakastadā| nanarta harṣavegena jñātvā rudraṃ samāgatam||

If one abandons fire (worship) or makes another to neglect it for one day, he becomes purified (by fasting) for three nights. And (for the negligence of fire-worship) for three nights, he (should observe fast) for six days.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 48

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 48

तं प्राह भगवान रुद्रः किमर्थं नर्तितं त्वया। दृष्ट्वापि देवमीशानं नृत्यति स्म पुनः पुनः।।

taṃ prāha bhagavān rudraḥ kimarthaṃ nartitaṃ tvayā| dṛṣṭvāpi devamīśānaṃ nṛtyati sma punaḥ punaḥ||

If out of blunder he forsakes the fire worship for ten days or twelve days, he should perform the Krcchra and the Candrayana expiatory rites to quell that sin.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 49

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 49

सो ऽन्वीक्ष्य भगवानीशः सगर्वं गर्वशान्तये। स्वकं देहं विदार्यास्मै भस्मराशिमदर्शयत।।

so 'nvīkṣya bhagavānīśaḥ sagarvaṃ garvaśāntaye| svakaṃ dehaṃ vidāryāsmai bhasmarāśimadarśayat||

On accepting a gift of wealth from a fallen man, one will become pure by abandoning the same. But lord Manu says that he should observe Krcchra vow duly.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 50

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 50

पश्येमं मच्छरीरोत्थं भस्मराशिं द्विजोत्तम। माहात्म्यमेतत तपसस्त्वादृशो ऽन्यो ऽपि विद्यते।।

paśyemaṃ maccharīrotthaṃ bhasmarāśiṃ dvijottama| māhātmyametat tapasastvādṛśo 'nyo 'pi vidyate||

Persons who have desisted from (and hence violated) the vow of fasting (before its completion) and those who have finished (i.e. abandoned) their order of mendicancy (i.e. Sannyasa) should perform three Krcchra and three Candrayana vows.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 51

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 51

यत सगर्वं हि भवता नर्तितं मुनिपुङ्गव। न युक्तं तापसस्यैतत त्वत्तोप्यत्राधिको ह्यहम।।

yat sagarvaṃ hi bhavatā nartitaṃ munipuṅgava| na yuktaṃ tāpasasyaitat tvattopyatrādhiko hyaham||

They should again get consecrated by purificatory rites beginning with Jdta-karma. Sanctified thus the Brahmanas 534 K urma Pur ana become purified. Persons knowing Dharma should observe that vow properly.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 52

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 52

इत्याभाष्य मुनिश्रेष्ठं स रुद्रः किल विश्वदृक। आस्थाय परमं भावं ननर्त जगतो हरः।।

ityābhāṣya muniśreṣṭhaṃ sa rudraḥ kila viśvadṛk| āsthāya paramaṃ bhāvaṃ nanarta jagato haraḥ||

A person who did not perform the Sandhya worship should observe fast for the day and remain controlled in mind. If he does not perform the Sandhya worship at night the same (i.e. fast at night) should be continued for that night.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 53

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 53

सहस्रशीर्षा भूत्वा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात। दंष्ट्राकरालवदनो ज्वालामाली भयङ्करः।।

sahasraśīrṣā bhūtvā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt| daṃṣṭrākarālavadano jvālāmālī bhayaṅkaraḥ||

A person who has not gathered sacrificial twigs and performed the Yajna should, for the purpose of purification, repeat the Gayatrl Mantra a thousand and eight times taking bath and remaining pure, with concentration of mind.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 54

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 54

सो ऽन्वपश्यदशेषस्य पार्श्वे तस्य त्रिशूलिनः। विशाललोचनमेकां देवीं चारुविलासिनीम। सूर्यायुतसमप्रख्यां प्रसन्नवदनां शिवाम।।

so 'nvapaśyadaśeṣasya pārśve tasya triśūlinaḥ| viśālalocanamekāṃ devīṃ cāruvilāsinīm| sūryāyutasamaprakhyāṃ prasannavadanāṃ śivām||

(Defective verse) If out of blunder, a householder does not perform the Sandhya prayer he should take bath and observe fast. He shall become pure immediately. If he be exhausted (and does not perform Sandhya-prayer), he should remain perfectly self-controlled.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 55

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 55

सस्मितं प्रेक्ष्य विश्वेशं तिष्ठन्तीममितद्युतिम। दृष्ट्वा संत्रस्तहृदयो वेपमानो मुनीश्वरः। ननाम शिरसा रुद्रं रुद्राध्यायं जपन वशी।।

sasmitaṃ prekṣya viśveśaṃ tiṣṭhantīmamitadyutim| dṛṣṭvā saṃtrastahṛdayo vepamāno munīśvaraḥ| nanāma śirasā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyaṃ japan vaśī||

Having dropped off the daily (sacred) duties prescrib¬ ed in the Vedas, a Sndtaka (one who has completed the period of studentship and is due for marriage) who (thus) violates his vow, should observe fast on that day.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 56

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 56

प्रसन्नो भगवानीशस्त्र्यम्बको भक्तवत्सलः। पूर्ववेषं स जग्राह देवी चान्तर्हिताभवत।।

prasanno bhagavānīśastryambako bhaktavatsalaḥ| pūrvaveṣaṃ sa jagrāha devī cāntarhitābhavat||

An excellent Brahmana who exterminates another* (?) should perform the Krcchra vow for one year. A Vratya should observe the Candrayana Vrata and give a cow a gift whereby he becomes purified.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 57

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 57

आलिङ्ग्य भक्तं प्रणतं देवदेवः स्वयंशिवः। न भेतव्यं त्वया वत्स प्राह किं ते ददाम्यहम।।

āliṅgya bhaktaṃ praṇataṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃśivaḥ| na bhetavyaṃ tvayā vatsa prāha kiṃ te dadāmyaham||

If a Brahmana does anything (indicating) atheism, he shall perform the Prajapatya rite. If he does anything injurious to Devas or the preceptors, he will become pure by means of Tapta Krcchra.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 58

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 58

प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना गिरिशं हरं त्रिपुरसूदनम। विज्ञापयामास तदा हृष्टः प्रष्टुमना मुनिः।।

praṇamya mūrdhnā giriśaṃ haraṃ tripurasūdanam| vijñāpayāmāsa tadā hṛṣṭaḥ praṣṭumanā muniḥ||

If one willingly travels by a camel-cart or a donkey cart, or enters water in the nude, he shall become pure only (by fasting for) three nights.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 59

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 59

नमो ऽस्तु ते महादेव महेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु ते। किमेतद भगवद्रूपं सुघोरं विश्वतोमुखम।।

namo 'stu te mahādeva maheśvara namo 'stu te| kimetad bhagavadrūpaṃ sughoraṃ viśvatomukham||

The expiatory rite for Apdnktas (outcastes i.e. those who are not eligible to sit in the same rows for meals with others) is missing five meals and taking meal only on the sixth occasion, for one month. The Japa of the Saihhita and the Homas as per procedure laid down by Sakala, every day. *The reading should be probably agnyutsadi and not anyotsadi as in Vehk. Ed. agnyutsadi means ‘one who has destroyed (given up fire worship by extinguishing) the sacred fire.*’

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 60

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 60

का च सा भगवत्पार्श्वे राजमाना व्यवस्थिता। अन्तर्हितेव सहसा सर्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम।।

kā ca sā bhagavatpārśve rājamānā vyavasthitā| antarhiteva sahasā sarvamicchāmi veditum||

On wearing a blue or red cloth, a Brahmana should observe fast for a day and a night and drink Pancagavya. He shall then be pure.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 61

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 61

इत्युक्ते व्याजहारमं तथा मङ्कणकं हरः। महेशः स्वात्मनो योगं देवीं च त्रिपुरानलः।।

ityukte vyājahāramaṃ tathā maṅkaṇakaṃ haraḥ| maheśaḥ svātmano yogaṃ devīṃ ca tripurānalaḥ||

If one explains the Vedas, the Dharmasastras and the Puranas to a Candala, he shall become pure only by means of the Candrayana rite. There is no other means of expiation for him.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 62

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 62

अहं सहस्रनयनः सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः। दाहकः सर्वपापानां कालः कालकरो हरः।।

ahaṃ sahasranayanaḥ sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ| dāhakaḥ sarvapāpānāṃ kālaḥ kālakaro haraḥ||

On touching a Brahmana killed by hanging etc. the purity can be regained by Candrayana or Prajapatya vows.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 63

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 63

मयैव प्रेर्यते कृत्स्नं चेतनाचेतनात्मकम। सो ऽन्तर्यामी स पुरुषो ह्यहं वै पुरुषोत्तमः।।

mayaiva preryate kṛtsnaṃ cetanācetanātmakam| so 'ntaryāmī sa puruṣo hyahaṃ vai puruṣottamaḥ||

If a Brahmana defiled by Ucchista (i.e. with food particles in the mouth and on hands and) has not performed Acamana (the concluding sipping of water after meal) touches a Candala and others unwittingly, he should take bath and repeat the Gayatri Mantra a thousand and eight times.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 64

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 64

तस्य सा परमा माया प्रकृतिस्त्रिगुणात्मिका। प्रोच्यते मुनिर्भिशक्तिर्जगद्योनिः सनातनी।।

tasya sā paramā māyā prakṛtistriguṇātmikā| procyate munirbhiśaktirjagadyoniḥ sanātanī||

Or he should repeat the Drupada Mantra a hundred times. He should maintain celibacy and good concentration of mind. He should observe fast for three nights strictly. He shall then become pure by means of the Pancagavya.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 65

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 65

स एष मायया विश्वं व्यामोहयति विश्ववित। नारायणः परो ऽव्यक्तो मायारूप इति श्रुतिः।।

sa eṣa māyayā viśvaṃ vyāmohayati viśvavit| nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyakto māyārūpa iti śrutiḥ||

A Brahmana, while Ucchista (with particles offood in the mouth or on hand) willfully touches Candalas or fallen persons (outcastes) should observe the Prajapatya vow for purification.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 66

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 66

एवमेतज्जगत सर्वं सर्वदा स्थापयाम्यहम। योजयामि प्रकृत्याहं पुरुषं पञ्चविंशकम।।

evametajjagat sarvaṃ sarvadā sthāpayāmyaham| yojayāmi prakṛtyāhaṃ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam||

On touching a Candala, a Sutakin (one having the impurity due to birth or death of a relative) or a dead body, a woman in her monthly course and a fallen fellow a person touched by them, one should take bath for the sake of purity.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 67

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 67

तथा वै संगतो देवः कूटस्थः सर्वगो ऽमलः। सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं स्वमूर्तेः प्रकृतेरजः।।

tathā vai saṃgato devaḥ kūṭasthaḥ sarvago 'malaḥ| sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ svamūrteḥ prakṛterajaḥ||

If one touches a person touched by a Candala, Sutakin and a corpse, one should take bath and perform Acamana and Japa with great concentration.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 68

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 68

स देवो भगवान ब्रह्मा विश्वरूपः पितामहः। तवैतत कथितं सम्यक स्त्रष्ट्वत्वं परमात्मनः।।

sa devo bhagavān brahmā viśvarūpaḥ pitāmahaḥ| tavaitat kathitaṃ samyak straṣṭvatvaṃ paramātmanaḥ||

An excellent Brahmana who knowingly touches these persons or is touched by them, should take bath and perform Acamana rite for the sake of purity. So says lord Pitamaha.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 69

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 69

एको ऽहं भगवान कलो ह्यनादिश्चान्तकृद विभुः। समास्थाय परं भावं प्रोक्तो रुद्रो मनीषिभिः।।

eko 'haṃ bhagavān kalo hyanādiścāntakṛd vibhuḥ| samāsthāya paraṃ bhāvaṃ prokto rudro manīṣibhiḥ||

If a Brahmana, taking food is accidentally touched, he should perform Sauca (purificatory rite) and then observe fast. After that he should take bath and perform Homa. This is the holy rite.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 70

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 70

मम वै सापरा शक्तिर्देवी विद्येति विश्रुता। दृष्टा हि भवता नूनं विद्यादेहस्त्वहं ततः।।

mama vai sāparā śaktirdevī vidyeti viśrutā| dṛṣṭā hi bhavatā nūnaṃ vidyādehastvahaṃ tataḥ||

On touching the dead body and a Candala (v.l. dead body of a Candala) one shall perform the Krcchra rite. 536 Kurma Pur ana one shall becojne pure. On touching a person who has anointed his body.* (?) one becomes pure within a day and a night (after observing fast).

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 71

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 71

एवमेतानि तत्त्वानि प्रधानपुरुषेश्वराः। विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा च भगवान रुद्रः काल इति श्रुतिः।।

evametāni tattvāni pradhānapuruṣeśvarāḥ| viṣṇurbrahmā ca bhagavān rudraḥ kāla iti śrutiḥ||

On touching liquor, a Brahmana should perform three Pranayamas and he shall become pure. On touching garlic and onion, he should drink ghee and he shall become pure.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 72

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 72

त्रयमेतदनाद्यन्तं ब्रह्मण्येव व्यवस्थितम। तदात्मकं तदव्यक्तं तदक्षरमिति श्रुतिः।।

trayametadanādyantaṃ brahmaṇyeva vyavasthitam| tadātmakaṃ tadavyaktaṃ tadakṣaramiti śrutiḥ||

If a Brahmana is bitten by a dog, he should drink milk for three days in the evening. If he is bitten above the umbilical region, he should increase (the quantity of milk) twofold.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 73

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 73

आत्मानन्दपरं तत्त्वं चिन्मात्रं परमं पदम। आकाशं निष्कलं ब्रह्म तस्मादन्यन्न विद्यते।।

ātmānandaparaṃ tattvaṃ cinmātraṃ paramaṃ padam| ākāśaṃ niṣkalaṃ brahma tasmādanyanna vidyate||

This quantity of milk shall be increased threefold if he is bitten on the arms and if bitten on the head, this shall be fourfold. Or an excellent Brahmana bitten by dogs, should take bath and perform Japa of the Savitrl Mantra.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 74

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 74

एवं विज्ञाय भवता भक्तियोगाश्रयेण तु। संपूज्यो वन्दनीयो ऽहं ततस्तं पश्य शाश्वतम।।

evaṃ vijñāya bhavatā bhaktiyogāśrayeṇa tu| saṃpūjyo vandanīyo 'haṃ tatastaṃ paśya śāśvatam||

If an excellent Brahmana who is not sick and who has the means but does not perform great Yajnas but par¬ takes of food (and enjoys) he shall become pure by performing half of a Krcchra rite.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 75

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 75

एतावदुक्त्वा भगवाञ्जगामादर्शनं हरः। तत्रैव भक्तियोगेन रुद्रामाराधयन्मुनिः।।

etāvaduktvā bhagavāñjagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ| tatraiva bhaktiyogena rudrāmārādhayanmuniḥ||

If a man maintaining sacred fires does not worship them on the Parvan days or if a person does not go unto his wife during the prescribed days after menstruation, he should perform half a Krcchra.

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Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 76

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 34 · Verse 76

एतत पवित्रमतुलं तीर्थं ब्रह्मर्षिसेवितम। संसेव्य ब्राह्मणो विद्वान मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः।।

etat pavitramatulaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmarṣisevitam| saṃsevya brāhmaṇo vidvān mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ||

(Defective) If person even though not sick (simply) puts his body into the water without using water (for washing himself?), he should take a dip into water alongwith clothes and touch a cow and then he becomes pure.

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