Rules regarding Impurities caused by Birth or DeathI Vydsa said : - Verse 43
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 23 · Verse 43
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Sanskrit Original
अर्धमासो ऽथ षड्रात्रं त्रिरात्रं द्विजपुङ्गवाः। शूद्रक्षत्रियविप्राणां वैश्येष्वाशौचमिष्यते।।
ardhamāso 'tha ṣaḍrātraṃ trirātraṃ dvijapuṅgavāḥ| śūdrakṣatriyaviprāṇāṃ vaiśyeṣvāśaucamiṣyate||
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If a man of the lower caste touches one of the upper caste or if a man of the upper caste touches one of the lower caste during impurity, and if he does so out of friendship, he becomes pure by ordinary purificatory procedure (bath, etc.)