Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.30

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravalakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham /
hitāya sarvaviprāṇāṃ doṣāṇāmapanuttaye

akṛtvā vihitaṃ karma kṛtvā ninditameva ca /
doṣamāpnoti puruṣaḥ prāyaścittaṃ viśodhanam

prāyaścittamakṛtvā tu na tiṣṭhed brāhmaṇaḥ kvacit /
yad brūyurbrāhmaṇāḥ śāntā vidvāṃsastatsamācaret

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

anāhitāgnayo viprāstrayo vedārthapāragāḥ /
yad brūyurdharmakāmāste tajjñeyaṃ dharmasādhanam

anekadharmaśāstrajñā ūhāpohaviśāradāḥ /
vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ saptaite parikīrtitāḥ

mīmāṃsājñānatattvajñā vedāntakuśalā dvijāḥ /
ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyātāḥ prayāścittaṃ vadanti vai

brahmahā madyapaḥ steno gurutalpaga eva ca /
mahāpātakinastvete yaścaitaiḥ saha saṃvaset

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

yājanaṃ yonisaṃbandhaṃ tathaivādhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ /
kṛtvā sadyaḥ patejjñānāt saha bhojanameva ca

avijñāyātha yo mohāt kuryādadhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ /
saṃvatsareṇa patati sahādhyayanameva ca

brahmāhā dvādaśābdāni kuṭiṃ kṛtvā vane vaset /
bhaikṣamātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā śavaśirodhvajam

brāhmaṇāvasathān sarvān devāgārāṇi varjayet /
vinindan svayamātmānaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ ca saṃsmaran

asaṃkalpitayogyāni saptāgārāṇi saṃviśet /
vidhūme śanakairnityaṃ vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane

ekakālaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ doṣaṃ vikhyāpayan nṛṇām /
vanyamūlaphalairvāpi vartayed dhairyamākṣitaḥ

kapālapāṇiḥ khaṭvāṅgī brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ /
pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittamidaṃ śubham /
kāmato maraṇācchuddhirjñeyā nānyena kenacit

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

brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā samyak prāṇān parityajet /
brahmahatyāpanodārthamantarā vā mṛtasya tu

dīrghāmayānvitaṃ vipraṃ kṛtvānāmayameva tu /
dattvā cānnaṃ sa durbhikṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

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

sarasvatyāstvaruṇayā saṃgame lokaviśrute /
śudhyet triṣavaṇasnānāt trirātropoṣito dvijaḥ

gatvā rāmeśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ snātvā caiva mahodadhau /
brahmacaryādibhiryukto dṛṣṭvā rudraṃ vimucyate

kapālamocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ /
snātvābhyarcya pitṝn bhaktyā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

yatra devādidevena bharaveṇāmitaujasā /
kapālaṃ sthāpitaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

samabhyarcya mahādevaṃ tatra bhairavarūpiṇam /
tarpapitvā pitṝn snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā