Expiatory rites^ (continued) - Verse 21
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 34 · Verse 21
Sanskrit Original
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.