The expiatory rites of the ascetics (yati-prāyaścitta) - Verse 15
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 90.15
Sanskrit Original
विधिना शास्त्रदृष्टेन संवत्सरमिति श्रुतिः। ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते भूयः प्रक्षीणकल्मषः। पुनर्निर्वेदमापन्नश चरेद्भिक्षुरतन्द्रितः।।
vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena saṃvatsaramiti śrutiḥ| tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte bhūyaḥ prakṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ| punarnirvedamāpannaś caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ||
Sūta said:: A person who is wicked in mind becomes one who has transgressed the bounds of good conduct by doing so (i.e. by stealing). He becomes one who has fallen down, from his holy rite. He shall repent for it again and again and perform the rite of Cāndrāyaṇa[3] for a year in accordance with the injunctions laid down in scriptures. So says Śruti. At the end of the year he shall eliminate all his sins. The Bhikṣu shall then alertfully repent and perform the rites.