Expiatory rites - Verse 6
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 32 · Verse 6
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Sanskrit Original
स्कन्धेनादाय मुसलं लकुटं वापि खादिरम। शक्तिं चोभयतस्तीक्ष्णामायसं दण्डमेव वा।।
skandhenādāya musalaṃ lakuṭaṃ vāpi khādiram| śaktiṃ cobhayatastīkṣṇāmāyasaṃ daṇḍameva vā||
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He should take a threshing rod or a staff of Khadira wood, or a sharp pointed Sakti (spear) or an iron club on his shoulders. He should then rush to the king with dishevelled hair. He should confess that sin of his saying “I have committed such and such a sin. Chastise me.”