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Rules regarding Impurities caused by Birth or DeathI Vydsa said : - Verse 31

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 23 · Verse 31

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Sanskrit Original

मातामहानां मरणे त्रिरात्रं स्यादशौचकम। एकोदकानां मरणे सूतके चैतदेव हि।।

mātāmahānāṃ maraṇe trirātraṃ syādaśaucakam| ekodakānāṃ maraṇe sūtake caitadeva hi||

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A Ksatriya as well as a Vaisya should observe impurity in the case of the death of kinsmen of the lower castes and should certainly perform the rites prescribed (for their respective caste) for purification.