Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 18
PdP 4 18.1
शौनक उवाच। अगम्यागमनं सूत कुर्याद्यो वै विमोहितः । तस्य शुद्धिर्भवेत्केन कथयस्व समूलतः
śaunaka uvāca| agamyāgamanaṃ sūta kuryādyo vai vimohitaḥ | tasya śuddhirbhavetkena kathayasva samūlataḥ
Śaunaka said: O Sūta, if someone, deluded, should go in to a woman who may not be approached, by what means would there be purification for him? Tell it from the root.
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PdP 4 18.2
सूत उवाच। अभिगच्छति चांडालीं श्वपाकीं यो द्विजोत्तमः । उपवासत्रयं कुर्यात्प्राजापत्यं चरेत्ततः
sūta uvāca| abhigacchati cāṃḍālīṃ śvapākīṃ yo dvijottamaḥ | upavāsatrayaṃ kuryātprājāpatyaṃ carettataḥ
Sūta said: The best of twice-born who goes in to a Cāṇḍāla woman or a Śvapāka woman should perform a three-day fast and then carry out the Prājāpatya (penance).
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PdP 4 18.3
सशिखं वपनं चैव दद्याद्गोद्वयमेव च । यथार्थदक्षिणां दत्वा शुद्धिमाप्नोति स द्विजः
saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ caiva dadyādgodvayameva ca | yathārthadakṣiṇāṃ datvā śuddhimāpnoti sa dvijaḥ
And he should have (his head) shaved including the topknot, and should give two cows; having given a fitting fee, that twice-born attains purity.
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PdP 4 18.4
क्षत्त्रियो वापि चांडालीं वैश्यो वा यदि गच्छति । प्राजापत्यं सकृच्छ्रं च दद्याद्गोमिथुनद्वयम्
kṣattriyo vāpi cāṃḍālīṃ vaiśyo vā yadi gacchati | prājāpatyaṃ sakṛcchraṃ ca dadyādgomithunadvayam
But if a Kṣatriya or a Vaiśya goes in to a Cāṇḍāla woman, (he should perform) the Prājāpatya and one Kṛcchra, and should give two pairs of cattle.
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PdP 4 18.5
अनुगच्छति शूद्रो हि श्वपाकीं च तपोधन । चतुर्गोमिथुनं दद्यात्प्राजापत्यं व्रतं चरेत्
anugacchati śūdro hi śvapākīṃ ca tapodhana | caturgomithunaṃ dadyātprājāpatyaṃ vrataṃ caret
If a Śūdra follows after a Śvapāka woman, O you rich in austerity, he should give four pairs of cattle and perform the Prājāpatya vow.
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PdP 4 18.6
मातरं यदि वा गच्छेद्भगिनीं स्वसुतामपि । वधूं च मोहितो गच्छंस्त्रीणि कृच्छ्राण्यथाचरेत्
mātaraṃ yadi vā gacchedbhaginīṃ svasutāmapi | vadhūṃ ca mohito gacchaṃstrīṇi kṛcchrāṇyathācaret
If, deluded, one should go in to his mother, or his sister, or his own daughter, or his daughter-in-law, he should then perform three Kṛcchras.
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PdP 4 18.7
चांद्रायणत्रयं कृत्वा दद्याद्गोमिथुनत्रयम् । सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा पंचगव्यं पिबेत्ततः
cāṃdrāyaṇatrayaṃ kṛtvā dadyādgomithunatrayam | saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ kṛtvā paṃcagavyaṃ pibettataḥ
Having performed three cāndrāyaṇa penances, (he) should give three pairs of cattle; having had (his head) shaved including the topknot, he should then drink the five products of the cow.
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PdP 4 18.8
हुते ह्यग्नौ तथाप्यत्र शुद्ध्यत्येवं तपोधन । पितृदारान्द्विजश्रेष्ठ मातुश्च भगिनीं तथा
hute hyagnau tathāpyatra śuddhyatyevaṃ tapodhana | pitṛdārāndvijaśreṣṭha mātuśca bhaginīṃ tathā
And when the fire has been offered into, even so he is purified in this (matter), O (you) whose wealth is austerity — (likewise for) the father's wives, O best of the twice-born, and the mother's sister as well.
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PdP 4 18.9
गुरुपत्नीं मातुलानीं भ्रातुर्भार्यां स्वगोत्रजाम् । यदि गच्छति मोहेन प्राजापत्यद्वयं चरेत्
gurupatnīṃ mātulānīṃ bhrāturbhāryāṃ svagotrajām | yadi gacchati mohena prājāpatyadvayaṃ caret
If through delusion (a man) goes to the teacher's wife, the maternal uncle's wife, a brother's wife, or a woman of his own lineage, he should perform two prājāpatya penances.
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PdP 4 18.10
चांद्रायणत्रयं ब्रह्मन्पंचगोमिथुनानि च । विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणां दद्याच्छुध्यते नात्र संशयः
cāṃdrāyaṇatrayaṃ brahmanpaṃcagomithunāni ca | viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyācchudhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
(And) three cāndrāyaṇas, O brahmin, and five pairs of cattle; he should give a gift to the brahmins — (thus) he is purified, there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 4 18.11
गां च गच्छति यो मूढ उपवासत्रयं चरेत् । धेनुं दत्त्वा तथा चान्नं शुद्ध्यत्यत्र न संशयः
gāṃ ca gacchati yo mūḍha upavāsatrayaṃ caret | dhenuṃ dattvā tathā cānnaṃ śuddhyatyatra na saṃśayaḥ
And the fool who goes to a cow should perform a three-day fast; having given a milch cow and also food, he is purified in this — no doubt.
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PdP 4 18.12
वेश्यां खरीं शूकरीं च कपिं तुं महिषीं द्विज । आकंठतः समाक्षिप्य गोमयोदककर्द्दमे
veśyāṃ kharīṃ śūkarīṃ ca kapiṃ tuṃ mahiṣīṃ dvija | ākaṃṭhataḥ samākṣipya gomayodakakarddame
(One who goes to) a prostitute, a she-ass, a sow, a female monkey, or a she-buffalo, O twice-born — (he should) plunge himself up to the neck in a mire of cow-dung and water,
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PdP 4 18.13
तत्र तिष्ठेन्निराहारो त्रिरात्रेणैव शुद्ध्यति । सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा त्रिरात्रमुपवासयेत्
tatra tiṣṭhennirāhāro trirātreṇaiva śuddhyati | saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ kṛtvā trirātramupavāsayet
and should remain there without food; by three nights alone he is purified. Having had (his head) shaved including the topknot, he should fast for three nights.
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PdP 4 18.14
एकरात्रं जले स्थित्वा शुद्ध्यत्येव न संशयः । ब्राह्मणीं तु यदा गच्छेत्यो नरः काममोहितः
ekarātraṃ jale sthitvā śuddhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | brāhmaṇīṃ tu yadā gacchetyo naraḥ kāmamohitaḥ
Having stood in water for one night, he is indeed purified — no doubt. But when a man deluded by desire goes to a brahmin woman,
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PdP 4 18.15
प्राजापत्यत्रयं कुर्य्याच्चांद्रायणत्रयं तथा । गोत्रयं तु तथा दद्याच्छुद्ध्यत्येव तपोधन
prājāpatyatrayaṃ kuryyāccāṃdrāyaṇatrayaṃ tathā | gotrayaṃ tu tathā dadyācchuddhyatyeva tapodhana
he should perform three prājāpatyas and likewise three cāndrāyaṇas, and should also give three cows — thus he is purified, O (you) whose wealth is austerity.
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PdP 4 18.16
ब्राह्मणी पंचगव्यं तु पंचरात्रं पिबेद्द्विज । गोद्वयं दक्षिणां दद्याच्छुध्यत्यत्र न संशयः
brāhmaṇī paṃcagavyaṃ tu paṃcarātraṃ pibeddvija | godvayaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadyācchudhyatyatra na saṃśayaḥ
But a brahmin woman should drink the five cow-products for five nights, O twice-born; she should give two cows as a gift — she is purified in this, no doubt.
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PdP 4 18.17
परांगनां यदागच्छेत्कृच्छ्रं सांतपनं चरेत् । यथार्गला तथा योषित्तस्मात्तां परिवर्जयेत्
parāṃganāṃ yadāgacchetkṛcchraṃ sāṃtapanaṃ caret | yathārgalā tathā yoṣittasmāttāṃ parivarjayet
When (a man) goes to another's wife, he should perform the sāntapana penance. A woman is like a door-bolt; therefore one should shun her.
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PdP 4 18.18
वर्णबाह्यां तथा नीचामनुगच्छेत्सकृन्नरः । प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं शुद्ध्यत्येव न संशयः
varṇabāhyāṃ tathā nīcāmanugacchetsakṛnnaraḥ | prājāpatyaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ śuddhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
If a man once resorts to a woman outside the classes or of low (birth), he should perform the prājāpatya penance — thus he is purified, no doubt.
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PdP 4 18.19
अंगारसदृशी योषित्सर्पिः कुंभसमः पुमान् । तस्याः परिसरे ब्रह्मन्न स्थातव्यं कदाचन
aṃgārasadṛśī yoṣitsarpiḥ kuṃbhasamaḥ pumān | tasyāḥ parisare brahmanna sthātavyaṃ kadācana
A woman is like a burning coal, and a man is like a pot of ghee; in her vicinity, O brahmin, one should never remain.
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PdP 4 18.20
जारेण जनयेद्गर्भं या च नारी कुलांतका । त्याज्या सा सर्वथा ब्रंह्मस्तत्र दोषो न विद्यते
jāreṇa janayedgarbhaṃ yā ca nārī kulāṃtakā | tyājyā sā sarvathā braṃhmastatra doṣo na vidyate
And a woman who conceives a child by a paramour is the destroyer of the family; she is to be abandoned entirely, O brahmin — in that there is no fault.
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PdP 4 18.21
या च नारी गृहाद्गच्छेत्त्यक्त्वा बंधून्स्वकानपि । नष्टा सा च कुलभ्रष्टा न तस्याः संगमः पुनः
yā ca nārī gṛhādgacchettyaktvā baṃdhūnsvakānapi | naṣṭā sā ca kulabhraṣṭā na tasyāḥ saṃgamaḥ punaḥ
And a woman who leaves the house, abandoning even her own kin — she is lost and fallen from her family; there is no union with her again.
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PdP 4 18.22
या च नारी यदा गच्छेन्मोहिता परपूरुषम् । प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं पंचगव्यं पिबेत्ततः
yā ca nārī yadā gacchenmohitā parapūruṣam | prājāpatyaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ paṃcagavyaṃ pibettataḥ
And when a woman, deluded, goes to another man, she should perform the prājāpatya penance and then drink the five cow-products.
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PdP 4 18.23
गोद्वयं तु ततो दद्याच्छुध्यत्येव न संशयः । ब्राह्मणी बालिशा ब्रह्मन्मोहिता परपूरुषम्
godvayaṃ tu tato dadyācchudhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | brāhmaṇī bāliśā brahmanmohitā parapūruṣam
And she should then give two cows — thus she is purified, no doubt. (But if) a foolish brahmin woman, O brahmin, deluded, (goes) to another man —
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PdP 4 18.24
यदा गच्छेत्तदा त्याज्या जनैर्दोषो न विद्यते । यो गच्छेद्ब्राह्मणीं विप्र भूसुरः काममोहितः । गो तिलांश्च तदा दद्याच्छुद्ध्यत्यत्र न संशयः
yadā gacchettadā tyājyā janairdoṣo na vidyate | yo gacchedbrāhmaṇīṃ vipra bhūsuraḥ kāmamohitaḥ | go tilāṃśca tadā dadyācchuddhyatyatra na saṃśayaḥ
when she goes (to him), then she is to be abandoned by (her) people; there is no fault (in that). A brahmin, an earth-god, who out of infatuation with desire goes to a brahmin woman, O brahmin — he should then give a cow and sesame, (and) he is purified in this, no doubt.
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