Duties in Vdnaprastha (Hermit’s) Stage'- Vydsa said : - Verse 3
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 27 · Verse 3
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Sanskrit Original
शुक्लपक्षस्य पूर्वाह्ने प्रशस्ते चोत्तरायणे। गत्वारण्यं नियमवांस्तपः कुर्यात समाहितः।।
śuklapakṣasya pūrvāhne praśaste cottarāyaṇe| gatvāraṇyaṃ niyamavāṃstapaḥ kuryāt samāhitaḥ||
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Or he should go to the forest after entrusting his wife to the care of the sons.^ After seeing his grandchild, the old man with his body weak and shattered should go to the forest in the course of Uttarayana (Northern transit of the sun) on any auspicious morning in the bright half of the month. After going to the forest, he should observe all regulations and per¬ form penance with great concentration.