Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 30

KuP 2 30.1

व्यास उवाच अतः परं प्रवलक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं शुभम् । हिताय सर्वविप्राणां दोषाणामपनुत्तये

vyāsa uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravalakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham / hitāya sarvaviprāṇāṃ doṣāṇāmapanuttaye

Vyāsa said: Next I shall declare the auspicious rule of expiation, for the benefit of all brahmins and for the removal of their faults.

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KuP 2 30.2

अकृत्वा विहितं कर्म कृत्वा निन्दितमेव च । दोषमाप्नोति पुरुषः प्रायश्चित्तं विशोधनम्

akṛtvā vihitaṃ karma kṛtvā ninditameva ca / doṣamāpnoti puruṣaḥ prāyaścittaṃ viśodhanam

By not doing the prescribed act and by doing what is censured, a man incurs fault; expiation is the purification (of it).

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KuP 2 30.3

प्रायश्चित्तमकृत्वा तु न तिष्ठेद् ब्राह्मणः क्वचित् । यद् ब्रूयुर्ब्राह्मणाः शान्ता विद्वांसस्तत्समाचरेत्

prāyaścittamakṛtvā tu na tiṣṭhed brāhmaṇaḥ kvacit / yad brūyurbrāhmaṇāḥ śāntā vidvāṃsastatsamācaret

A brahmin should never remain (as he is) without performing expiation; whatever calm and learned brahmins say, that he should carry out.

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KuP 2 30.4

वेदार्थवित्तमः शान्तो धर्मकामो ऽग्निमान् द्विजः । स एव स्यात् परो धर्मो यमेको ऽपि व्यवस्यति

vedārthavittamaḥ śānto dharmakāmo 'gnimān dvijaḥ / sa eva syāt paro dharmo yameko 'pi vyavasyati

A twice-born who is the best knower of the Veda's meaning, calm, desirous of dharma, and maintaining the sacred fires—that alone would be the highest dharma which even he alone determines.

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KuP 2 30.5

अनाहिताग्नयो विप्रास्त्रयो वेदार्थपारगाः । यद् ब्रूयुर्धर्मकामास्ते तज्ज्ञेयं धर्मसाधनम्

anāhitāgnayo viprāstrayo vedārthapāragāḥ / yad brūyurdharmakāmāste tajjñeyaṃ dharmasādhanam

Three brahmins who have not established the sacred fires (but) have gone to the far shore of the Veda's meaning—whatever those desirous of dharma say, that is to be known as the means of dharma.

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KuP 2 30.6

अनेकधर्मशास्त्रज्ञा ऊहापोहविशारदाः । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नाः सप्तैते परिकीर्तिताः

anekadharmaśāstrajñā ūhāpohaviśāradāḥ / vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ saptaite parikīrtitāḥ

Knowers of many treatises on dharma, skilled in argument for and against, accomplished in the study of the Veda—these seven are proclaimed (as authoritative).

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KuP 2 30.7

मीमांसाज्ञानतत्त्वज्ञा वेदान्तकुशला द्विजाः । एकविंशतिसंख्याताः प्रयाश्चित्तं वदन्ति वै

mīmāṃsājñānatattvajñā vedāntakuśalā dvijāḥ / ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyātāḥ prayāścittaṃ vadanti vai

Twice-born who know the truth of the knowledge of Mīmāṃsā and are versed in Vedānta, numbering twenty-one, do indeed pronounce the expiation.

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KuP 2 30.8

ब्रह्महा मद्यपः स्तेनो गुरुतल्पग एव च । महापातकिनस्त्वेते यश्चैतैः सह संवसेत्

brahmahā madyapaḥ steno gurutalpaga eva ca / mahāpātakinastvete yaścaitaiḥ saha saṃvaset

The killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and the violator of the guru's bed—these are the great sinners, and (so too) whoever dwells together with them.

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KuP 2 30.9

संवत्सरं तु पतितैः संसर्गं कुरुते तु यः । यानशय्यासनैर्नित्यं जानन् वै पतितो भवेत्

saṃvatsaraṃ tu patitaiḥ saṃsargaṃ kurute tu yaḥ / yānaśayyāsanairnityaṃ jānan vai patito bhavet

But he who for a year keeps company with the fallen, constantly by (sharing) vehicles, beds and seats, knowingly, becomes fallen himself.

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KuP 2 30.10

याजनं योनिसंबन्धं तथैवाध्यापनं द्विजः । कृत्वा सद्यः पतेज्ज्ञानात् सह भोजनमेव च

yājanaṃ yonisaṃbandhaṃ tathaivādhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ / kṛtvā sadyaḥ patejjñānāt saha bhojanameva ca

A twice-born who performs sacrifice for (such a one), forms a marriage connection, or likewise teaches him, falls at once if he does so knowingly—and so too by eating with him.

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KuP 2 30.11

अविज्ञायाथ यो मोहात् कुर्यादध्यापनं द्विजः । संवत्सरेण पतति सहाध्ययनमेव च

avijñāyātha yo mohāt kuryādadhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ / saṃvatsareṇa patati sahādhyayanameva ca

But a twice-born who out of delusion, without knowing, teaches (such a one) falls after a year—and so too by studying together with him.

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KuP 2 30.12

ब्रह्माहा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटिं कृत्वा वने वसेत् । भैक्षमात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वा शवशिरोध्वजम्

brahmāhā dvādaśābdāni kuṭiṃ kṛtvā vane vaset / bhaikṣamātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā śavaśirodhvajam

The killer of a brahmin should make a hut and dwell in the forest for twelve years, living on alms for the purification of himself, having made a corpse's skull his banner.

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KuP 2 30.13

ब्राह्मणावसथान् सर्वान् देवागाराणि वर्जयेत् । विनिन्दन् स्वयमात्मानं ब्राह्मणं तं च संस्मरन्

brāhmaṇāvasathān sarvān devāgārāṇi varjayet / vinindan svayamātmānaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ ca saṃsmaran

He should avoid all dwellings of brahmins and the houses of the gods, reproaching himself and constantly remembering that brahmin (whom he killed).

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KuP 2 30.14

असंकल्पितयोग्यानि सप्तागाराणि संविशेत् । विधूमे शनकैर्नित्यं व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने

asaṃkalpitayogyāni saptāgārāṇi saṃviśet / vidhūme śanakairnityaṃ vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane

He should enter seven houses that are not chosen with (prior) intent, always slowly, when the smoke is gone and the coals are out and the people have eaten.

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KuP 2 30.15

एककालं चरेद् भैक्षं दोषं विख्यापयन् नृणाम् । वन्यमूलफलैर्वापि वर्तयेद् धैर्यमाक्षितः

ekakālaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ doṣaṃ vikhyāpayan nṛṇām / vanyamūlaphalairvāpi vartayed dhairyamākṣitaḥ

He should go begging once a day, proclaiming his offence to people; or else he may subsist on wild roots and fruits, holding firm to steadiness.

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KuP 2 30.16

कपालपाणिः खट्वाङ्गी ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः । पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति

kapālapāṇiḥ khaṭvāṅgī brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ / pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

With a skull in his hand, carrying a skull-topped staff, devoted to chastity — when the twelfth year is complete he removes the guilt of brahmin-murder.

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KuP 2 30.17

अकामतः कृते पापे प्रायश्चित्तमिदं शुभम् । कामतो मरणाच्छुद्धिर्ज्ञेया नान्येन केनचित्

akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittamidaṃ śubham / kāmato maraṇācchuddhirjñeyā nānyena kenacit

When the sin has been committed unintentionally, this is the good expiation; when done intentionally, purification is to be understood as coming from death, and by nothing else.

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KuP 2 30.18

कुर्यादनशनं वाथ भृगोः पतनमेव वा । ज्वलन्तं वा विशेदग्निं जलं वा प्रविशेत् स्वयम्

kuryādanaśanaṃ vātha bhṛgoḥ patanameva vā / jvalantaṃ vā viśedagniṃ jalaṃ vā praviśet svayam

Or he should fast (to death), or throw himself from a cliff, or enter a blazing fire, or of his own accord enter the water.

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KuP 2 30.19

ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा सम्यक् प्राणान् परित्यजेत् । ब्रह्महत्यापनोदार्थमन्तरा वा मृतस्य तु

brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā samyak prāṇān parityajet / brahmahatyāpanodārthamantarā vā mṛtasya tu

Or he should rightly give up his life for the sake of a brahmin or for the sake of cows, in order to drive away the brahmin-murder; or (for one) who dies in the midst (of it).

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KuP 2 30.20

दीर्घामयान्वितं विप्रं कृत्वानामयमेव तु । दत्त्वा चान्नं स दुर्भिक्षे ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति

dīrghāmayānvitaṃ vipraṃ kṛtvānāmayameva tu / dattvā cānnaṃ sa durbhikṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

By making a brahmin afflicted with a long illness free of illness, and by giving food in a famine, he removes the guilt of brahmin-murder.

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KuP 2 30.21

अश्वमेधावभृथके स्नात्वा वा शुध्यते द्विजः । सर्वस्वं वा वेदविदे ब्राह्मणाय प्रदाय तु

aśvamedhāvabhṛthake snātvā vā śudhyate dvijaḥ / sarvasvaṃ vā vedavide brāhmaṇāya pradāya tu

Or the twice-born is purified by bathing in the final ablution of a horse-sacrifice, or by giving away all he owns to a brahmin who knows the Veda.

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KuP 2 30.22

सरस्वत्यास्त्वरुणया संगमे लोकविश्रुते । शुध्येत् त्रिषवणस्नानात् त्रिरात्रोपोषितो द्विजः

sarasvatyāstvaruṇayā saṃgame lokaviśrute / śudhyet triṣavaṇasnānāt trirātropoṣito dvijaḥ

At the world-famed confluence of the Sarasvatī with the Aruṇā, the twice-born, having fasted three nights, is purified by bathing at the three (daily) times.

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KuP 2 30.23

गत्वा रामेश्वरं पुण्यं स्नात्वा चैव महोदधौ । ब्रह्मचर्यादिभिर्युक्तो दृष्ट्वा रुद्रं विमुच्यते

gatvā rāmeśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ snātvā caiva mahodadhau / brahmacaryādibhiryukto dṛṣṭvā rudraṃ vimucyate

Having gone to holy Rāmeśvara and bathed in the great ocean, practising chastity and the rest, he is released upon seeing Rudra.

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KuP 2 30.24

कपालमोचनं नाम तीर्थं देवस्य शूलिनः । स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य पितॄन् भक्त्या ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति

kapālamocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ / snātvābhyarcya pitṝn bhaktyā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

At the sacred ford of the trident-bearing god named Kapālamocana, bathing and worshipping the ancestors with devotion, one removes the guilt of brahmin-murder.

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KuP 2 30.25

यत्र देवादिदेवेन भरवेणामितौजसा । कपालं स्थापितं पूर्वं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः

yatra devādidevena bharaveṇāmitaujasā / kapālaṃ sthāpitaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

(That place) where formerly the skull of Brahmā, the highest one, was set down by Bhairava, the god of gods, of measureless power.

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KuP 2 30.26

समभ्यर्च्य महादेवं तत्र भैरवरूपिणम् । तर्पपित्वा पितॄन् स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया

samabhyarcya mahādevaṃ tatra bhairavarūpiṇam / tarpapitvā pitṝn snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā

Having there duly worshipped Mahādeva in his Bhairava form, having satisfied the ancestors (with libations) and bathed, one is freed from brahmin-murder.

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