Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.33

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge dvātriśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
manuṣyāṇāṃ tu haraṇaṃ kṛtvā strīṇāṃ gṛhasya ca /
vāpīkūpajalānāṃ ca śudhyeccāndrāyaṇena tu

dravyāṇāmalpasārāṇāṃ steyaṃ kṛtvānyaveśmataḥ /
caret sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ tanniryātyātmaśuddhaye

dhānyānnadhanacauryaṃ tu kṛtvā kāmād dvijottamaḥ /
svajātīyagṛhādeva kṛcchrārdhena viśuddhyati

bhakṣabhojyāpaharaṇe yānaśayyāsanasya ca /
puṣpamūlaphalānāṃ ca pañcagavyaṃ viśodhanam

tṛṇakāṣṭhadrumāṇāṃ ca śuṣkānnasya guḍasya ca /
cailacarmāmiṣāṇāṃ ca trirātraṃ syādabhojanam

maṇimuktāpravālānāṃ tāmrasya rajatasya ca /
ayaḥ kāṃsyopalānāṃ ca dvādaśāhaṃ kaṇāśanam

kārpāsakīṭajorṇānāṃ dviśaphaikaśaphasya ca /
pakṣigandhauṣadhīnāṃ ca rajvāścaiva tryahaṃ payaḥ

naramāṃsāśanaṃ kṛtvā cāndrāyaṇamathācaret /
kākaṃ caiva tathā śvānaṃ jagdhvā hastinameva ca /
varāhaṃ kukkuṭaṃ cātha taptakṛcchreṇa śudhyati

kravyādānāṃ ca māṃsāni purīṣaṃ mūtrameva ca /
gogomāyukapīnāṃ ca tadeva vratamācaret /
upoṣya dvādaśāhaṃ tu kūṣmāṇḍairjuhuyād ghṛtam

nakulolūkamārjāraṃ jagdhvā sāṃtapanaṃ caret /
śvāpadoṣṭrakharāñjagdhvā taptakṛcchreṇa śuddhyati /
vratavaccaiva saṃskāraṃ pūrveṇa vidhinaiva tu

bakaṃ caiva balākaṃ ca haṃsaṃ kāraṇḍavaṃ tathā /
cakravākaṃ plavaṃ jagghvā dvādaśāhamabhojanam

kapotaṃ ṭiṭṭibhaṃ caiva śukaṃ sārasameva ca /
ulūkaṃ jālapādaṃ ca jagdhvāpyetad vrataṃ caret

śiśumāraṃ tathā cāṣaṃ matsyamāṃsaṃ tathaiva ca /
jagdhvā caiva kaṭāhārametadeva cared vratam

kokilaṃ caiva matsyāṃśca maṇḍukaṃ bhujagaṃ tathā /
gomūtrayāvakāhāro māsenaikena śuddhyati

jalecarāṃśca jalajān prattudānnakhaviṣkirān /
raktapādāṃstathā jagdhvā saptāhaṃ caitadācaret

śuno māṃsaṃ śuṣkamāṃsamātmārthaṃ ca tathā kṛtam /
bhuktvā māsaṃ caredetat tatpāpasyāpanuttaye

vārtākaṃ bhustṛṇaṃ śigruṃ khukhuṇḍaṃ karakaṃ tathā /
prājāpatyaṃ carejjagdhvā śaṅkhaṃ kumbhīkameva ca

palāṇḍuṃ laśunaṃ caiva bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret /
nālikāṃ taṇḍulīyaṃ ca prājāpatyena śuddhyati

aśmāntakaṃ tathā potaṃ taptakṛcchreṇa śuddhyati /
prājāpatyena śuddhiḥ syāt kakkubhāṇḍasya bhakṣaṇe

alābuṃ kiṃśukaṃ caiva bhuktvā caitad vrataṃ caret /
udumbaraṃ ca kāmena taptakṛcchreṇa śuddhyati

vṛthā kṛsarasaṃyāvaṃ pāyasāpūpasaṃkulam /
bhuktvā caivaṃ vidhaṃ tvannaṃ trirātreṇa viśuddhyati

pītvā kṣīrāṇyapeyāni brahmacārī samāhitaḥ /
gomūtrayāvakāhāro māsenaikena śuddhyati

anirdaśāhaṃ gokṣīraṃ māhiṣaṃ cājameva ca /
saṃdhinyāśca vivatsāyāḥ piban kṣīramidaṃ caret

eteṣāṃ ca vikārāṇi pītvā mohena mānavaḥ /
gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ saptarātreṇa śuddhyati

bhuktvā caiva navaśrāddhe mṛtake sūtake tathā /
cāndrāyaṇena śuddhyeta brāhmaṇastu samāhitaḥ

yasyāgnau hūyate nityaṃ na yasyāgraṃ na dīyate /
cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret samyak tasyānnaprāśane dvijaḥ

abhojyānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ bhuktvā cānnamupaskṛtam /
antāvasāyināṃ caiva taptakṛcchreṇa śuddhyati

cāṇḍālānnaṃ dvijo bhuktvā samyak cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret /
buddhipūrvaṃ tu kṛcchrābdaṃ punaḥ saṃskārameva ca

asurāmadyapānena kuryāccāndrāyaṇavratam /
abhojyānnaṃ tu bhuktvā ca prājāpatyena śuddhyati

viṇmūtrapāśanaṃ kṛtvā retasaścaitadācaret /
anādiṣṭeṣu caikāhaṃ sarvatra tu yathārthataḥ

viḍvarāhakharoṣṭrāṇāṃ gomāyoḥ kapikākayoḥ /
prāśya mūtrapurīṣāṇi dvijaścāndrāyaṇaṃ caret

ajñānāt prāśya viṇmūtraṃ surāsaṃspṛṣṭameva ca /
punaḥ saṃskāramarhanti trayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ

kravyādāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ caiva prāśya mūtrapurīṣakam /
mahāsāṃtapanaṃ mohāt tathā kuryād dvijottamaḥ /
bhāsamaṇḍūkakurare viṣkire kṛcchramācaret

prājāpatyena śuddhyeta brāhāmaṇocchiṣṭabhojane /
kṣatriye taptakṛcchraṃ syād vaiśye caivātikṛcchrakam /
śūdrocchiṣṭaṃ dvijo bhuktvā kuryāccāndrāyaṇavratam

surābhāṇḍodare vāri pītvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret /
śunocchiṣṭaṃ dvijo bhuktvā trirātreṇa viśuddhyati /
gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ pītaśeṣaṃ ca rāgavān

apo mūtrapurīṣādyairdūṣitāḥ prāśayed yadā /
tadā sāṃtapanaṃ proktaṃ vrataṃ pāpaviśodhanam

cāṇḍālakūpabhāṇḍeṣu yadi jñānāt pibejjalam /
caret sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pāpaśodhanam

cāṇḍālena tu saṃspṛṣṭaṃ pītvā vāri dvijottamaḥ /
trirātreṇa viśuddhyeta pañcagavyena caiva hi

mahāpātakisaṃsparśe bhuṅkte 'snātvā dvijo yadi /
buddhipūrvaṃ tu mūḍhātmā taptakṛcchraṃ samācaret

spṛṣṭvā mahāpātakinaṃ cāṇḍālaṃ vā rajasvalām /
pramādād bhojanaṃ kṛtvā trirātreṇa viśuddhyati

snānārhe yadi bhuñjīta ahorātreṇa śuddhyati /
buddhipūrvaṃ tu kṛcchreṇa bhagavānāha padmajaḥ

śuṣkaparyuṣitādīni gavādipratidūṣitam /
bhuktvopavāsaṃ kurvota kṛcchrapādamathāpi vā

saṃvatsarānte kṛcchraṃ tu cared vipraḥ punaḥ punaḥ /
ajñātabhuktaśuddhyarthaṃ jñātasya tu viśeṣataḥ

vrātyānāṃ yajanaṃ kṛtvā pareṣāmantyakarma ca /
abhicāramahīnaṃ ca tribhiḥ kṛcchrairviśuddhyati

brāhmaṇādihatānāṃ tu kṛtvā dāhādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ prājāpatyena śuddhyati

tailābhyakto 'thavā kuryād yadi mūtrapurīṣake /
ahorātreṇa śuddhyeta śmaśrukarma ca maithunam

ekāhena vivāhāgniṃ parihārya dvijottamaḥ /
trirātreṇa viśaddhyeta trirātrāt ṣaḍahaṃ punaḥ

daśāhaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ vā parihārya pramādataḥ /
kṛcchraṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāt tatpāpasyāpanuttaye

patitād dravyamādāya tadutsargeṇa śuddhyati /
caret sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchramityāha bhagavān prabhuḥ

anāśakanivṛttāstu pravrajyāvasitāstathā /
careyustrīṇi kṛcchrāṇi trīṇi cāndrāyaṇāni ca

punaśca jātakarmādisaṃkāraiḥ saṃskṛtā dvijāḥ /
śuddhyeyustad vrataṃ samyak careyurdharmavardhanāḥ

anupāsitasaṃdhyastu tadaharyāpako vaset /
anaśnan saṃyatamanā rātrau ced rātrimeva hi

akṛtvā samidādhānaṃ śuciḥ snātvā samāhitaḥ /
gāyatryaṣṭasahasrasya japyaṃ kuryād viśuddhaye

upāsīta na cet saṃdhyāṃ gṛhastho 'pi pramādataḥ /
snātvā viśuddhyate sadyaḥ pariśrāntastu saṃyamāt

vedoditāni nityāni karmāṇi ca vilopya tu /
snātakavratalopaṃ tu kṛtvā copavased dinam

saṃvatsaraṃ caret kṛcchramagnyutsādī dvijottamaḥ /
cāndrāyaṇaṃ cared vrātyo gopradānena śuddhyati

nāstikyaṃ yadi kurvota prājāpatyaṃ cared dvijaḥ /
devadrohaṃ gurudrohaṃ taptakṛcchreṇa śuddhyati

uṣṭrayānaṃ samāruhya kharayānaṃ ca kāmataḥ /
trirātreṇa viśuddhyet tu nagno vā praviśejjalam

ṣaṣṭhānnakālatāmāsaṃ saṃhitājapa eva ca /
homāśca śākalā nityamapāṅktānāṃ viśodhanam

nīlaṃ raktaṃ vasitvā ca brāhmaṇo vastrameva hi /
ahorātroṣitaḥ snātaḥ pañcagavyena śuddhyati

vedadharmapurāṇānāṃ caṇḍālasya tu bhāṣaṇe /
cāndrāyaṇena śuddhiḥ syānna hyanyā tasya niṣkṛtiḥ

udbandhanādinihataṃ saṃspṛśya brāhmaṇaḥ kvacit /
cāndrāyaṇena śuddhiḥ syāt prājāpatyena vā punaḥ

ucchiṣṭo yadyanācāntaścāṇḍālādīn spṛśed dvijaḥ /
pramādād vai japet snātvā gāyatryaṣṭasahasrakam

drupadānāṃ śataṃ vāpi brahmacārī samāhitaḥ /
trirātropoṣitaḥ samyak pañcagavyena śuddhyati

caṇḍālapatitādīṃstu kāmād yaḥ saṃspṛśed dvijaḥ /
ucchiṣṭastatra kurvota prājāpatyaṃ viśuddhaye

cāṇḍālasūtakaśavāṃstathā nārīṃ rajasvalām /
spṛṣṭvā snāyād viśuddhyarthaṃ tatspṛṣṭaṃ patitiṃ tathā

cāṇḍālasūtakaśavaiḥ saṃspṛṣṭaṃ saṃspṛśed yadi /
pramādāt tata ācamya japaṃ kuryāt samāhitaḥ

tat spṛṣṭasparśinaṃ spṛṣṭvā buddhipūrvaṃ dvijottamaḥ /
ācamet tad viśuddhyarthaṃ prāha devaḥ pitāmahaḥ

bhuñjānasya tu viprasya kadācit saṃstraved gudam /
kṛtvā śaucaṃ tataḥ snāyādupoṣya juhuyād ghṛtam

cāṇḍālāntyaśavaṃ spṛṣṭvā kṛcchraṃ kuryād viśuddhaye /
spṛṣṭvābhyaktastvasaṃspṛśyamahorātreṇa śuddhyati

surāṃ spṛṣṭvā dvijaḥ kuryāt prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ śuciḥ /
palāṇḍuṃ laśunaṃ caiva ghṛtaṃ prāśya tataḥ śuciḥ

brāhmaṇastu śunā daṣṭastryahaṃ sāyaṃ payaḥ pibet /
nābherūrdhvaṃ tu daṣṭasya tadeva dviguṇaṃ bhavet

syādetat triguṇaṃ bāhvormūrdhni ca syāccaturguṇam /
snātvā japed vā sāvitrīṃ śvabhirdaṣṭo dvijottamaḥ

anirvartya mahāyajñān yo bhuṅkte tu dvijottamaḥ /
anāturaḥ sati dhane kṛcchrārdhena sa śuddhyati

āhitāgnirupasthānaṃ na kuryād yastu parvaṇi /
ṛtau na gacched bhāryāṃ vā so 'pi kṛcchrārdhamācaret

vinādbhirapsu nāpyārtaḥ śarīraṃ sanniveśya ca /
sacailo jalamāplutya gāmālabhya viśuddhyati

buddhipūrvaṃ tvabhyudito japedantarjale dvijaḥ /
gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ tu tryahaṃ copavased vratī

anugamyecchayā śūdraṃ pretībhūtaṃ dvijottamaḥ /
gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ ca japyaṃ kuryānnadīṣu ca

kṛtvā tu śapathaṃ vipro viprasya vadhasaṃyutam /
mṛṣaiva yāvakānnena kuryāccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam

paṅktyāṃ viṣamadānaṃ tu kṛtvā kṛcchreṇa śuddhyati /
chāyāṃ śvapākasyāruhya snātvā saṃprāśayed ghṛtam

īkṣedādityamaśucirdṛṣṭvāgniṃ candrameva vā /
mānuṣaṃ cāsthi saṃspṛśya snānaṃ kṛtvā viśuddhyati

kṛtvā tu mithyādhyayanaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ tu vatsaram /
kṛtaghno brāhmaṇagṛhe pañca saṃvatsaraṃ vratī

huṅkāraṃ brāhmaṇasyoktvā tvaṅkāraṃ ca garīyasaḥ /
snātvānaśnannahaḥ śeṣaṃ praṇipatya prasādayet

tāḍayitvā tṛṇenāpi kaṇṭhaṃ baddhvāpi vāsasā /
vivāde vāpi nirjitya praṇipatya prasādayet

avagūrya caret kṛcchramatikṛcchraṃ nipātane /
kṛcchrātikṛcchrau kurvota viprasyotpādya śoṇitam

gurorākrośamanṛtaṃ kṛtvā kuryād viśodhanam /
ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā tatpāpasyāpanuttaye

devarṣoṇāmabhimukhaṃ ṣṭhīvanākrośane kṛte /
ulmukena dahejjihvāṃ dātavyaṃ ca hiraṇyakam

devodyāne tu yaḥ kuryānmūtroccāraṃ sakṛd dvijaḥ /
chindyācchiśnaṃ tu śuddhyarthaṃ careccāndrāyaṇaṃ tu vā

devatāyatane mūtraṃ kṛtvā mohād dvijottamaḥ /
śiśnasyotkartanaṃ kṛtvā cāndrāyaṇamathācaret

devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca devānāṃ caiva kutsanam /
kṛtvā samyak prakurvota prājāpatyaṃ dvijottamaḥ

taistu saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā snātvā devān samarcayet /
dṛṣṭvā vīkṣeta bhāsvantaṃ smvatvā viśeśvaraṃ smaret

yaḥ sarvabhūtādhipatiṃ viśveśānaṃ vinindati /
na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ śakyā kartuṃ varṣaśatairapi

cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret pūrvaṃ kṛcchraṃ caivātikṛcchrakam /
prapannaḥ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ tasmāt pāpād vimucyate

sarvasvadānaṃ vidhivat sarvapāpaviśodhanam /
cāndrāyaṇaṃ cavidhinā kṛcchraṃ caivātikṛcchrakam

puṇyakṣetrābhigamanaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam /
devatābhyarcanaṃ nṝṇāmaśeṣāghavināśanam

amāvasyāṃ tithiṃ prāpya yaḥ samārādhayecchivam /
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ mahādevaṃ tathā kṛṣṇacaturdaśīm /
saṃpūjya brāhmaṇamukhe sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

trayodaśyāṃ tathā rātrau sopahāraṃ trilocanam /
dṛṣṭveśaṃ prathame yāme mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe samāhitaḥ /
yamāca dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāntakāya ca

vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhūtakṣayāya ca /
pratyekaṃ tilasaṃyuktān dadyāt saptodakāñjalīn /
snātvā nadyāṃ tu pūrvāhne mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

brahmacaryamadhaḥ śayyāmupavāsaṃ dvijārcanam /
vrateṣveteṣu kurvota śāntaḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ

amāvasyāyāṃ brahmāṇaṃ samuddiśya pitāmaham /
brāhmaṇāṃstrīn samabhyarcya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

ṣaṣṭhyāmupoṣito devaṃ śuklapakṣe samāhitaḥ /
saptamyāmarcayed bhānuṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

bharaṇyāṃ ca caturthyāṃ ca śanaiścaradine yamam /
pūjayet saptajanmotthairmucyate pātakairnaraḥ

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya janārdanam /
dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya mahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate

tapo japastīrthasevā devabrāhmaṇapūjanam /
grahaṇādiṣu kāleṣu mahāpātakaśodhanam

yaḥ sarvapāpayukto 'pi puṇyatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ /
niyamena tyajet prāṇān sa mucyet sarvapātakaiḥ

brahmaghnaṃ vā kṛtaghnaṃ vā mahāpātakadūṣitam /
bhartāramuddharennārī praviṣṭā saha pāvakam

etadeva paraṃ strīṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
sarvapāpasamudbhūtau nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

pativratā tu yā nārī bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇotsukā /
na tasyā vidyate pāpamiha loke paratra ca

pativratā dharmaratā rudrāṇyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
nāsyāḥ parābhavaṃ kartuṃ śaknotīha janaḥ kvacit

yathā rāmasya subhagā sītā trailokyaviśrutā /
patnī dāśaratherdevī vijigye rākṣaseśvaram

rāmasya bhāryāṃ vimalāṃ rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ /
sītāṃ viśālanayanāṃ cakame kālacoditaḥ

gṛhītvā māyayā veṣaṃ carantīṃ vijane vane /
samāhartuṃ matiṃ cakre tāpasaḥ kila kāminīm

vijñāya sā ca tadbhāvaṃ smṛtvā dāśarathiṃ patim /
jagāma śaraṇaṃ vahnimāvasathyaṃ śucismitā

upatasthe mahāyogaṃ sarvadoṣavināśanam /
kṛtāñjalī rāmapatnī śākṣāt patimivācyutam

namasyāmi mahāyogaṃ kṛtāntaṃ gahanaṃ param /
dāhakaṃ sarvabhūtānāmīśānaṃ kālarūpiṇam

namasye pāvakaṃ devaṃ sākṣiṇaṃ viśvatomukham /
ātmānaṃ dīptavapuṣaṃ sarvabhūtahṛdī sthitam

prapadye śaraṇaṃ vahniṃ brahmaṇyaṃ brahmarūpiṇam /
bhūteśaṃ kṛttivasanaṃ śaraṇyaṃ paramaṃ padam

oṃ prapadye jaganmūrtiṃ prabhavaṃ sarvatejasām /
mahāyogeśvaraṃ vahnimādityaṃ parameṣṭhinam

prapadye śaraṇaṃ rudraṃ mahāgrāsaṃ triśūlinam /
kālāgniṃ yogināmīśaṃ bhogamokṣaphalapradam

prapadye tvāṃ virūpākṣaṃ bhurbhuvaḥ svaḥ svarūpiṇam /
hiraṇyamaye gṛhe guptaṃ mahāntamamitaujasam

vaiśvānaraṃ prapadye 'haṃ sarvabhūteṣvavasthitam /
havyakavyavahaṃ devaṃ prapadye vahnimīśvaram

prapadye tatparaṃ tattvaṃ vareṇyaṃ savituḥ svayam /
bhargamagniparaṃ jyotī rakṣa māṃ havyavāhana

iti vahnyaṣṭakaṃ japtvā rāmapatnī yaśasvinī /
dhyāyantī manasā tasthau rāmamunmīlitekṣaṇā

athāvasathyād bhagavān havyavāho maheśvaraḥ /
āvirāsīt sudīptātmā tejasā pradahanniva

svaṣṭvā māyāmayīṃ sītāṃ sa rāvaṇavadhepsayā /
sītāmādāya dharmiṣṭhāṃ pāvako 'ntaradhīyata

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśīṃ sītāṃ rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ /
samādāya yayau laṅkāṃ sāgarāntarasaṃsthitām

kṛtvātha rāvaṇavadhaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ /
masādāyābhavat sītāṃ śaṅkākulitamānasaḥ

sā pratyayāya bhūtānāṃ sītā māyāmīya punaḥ /
viveśa pāvakaṃ dīptaṃ dadāha jvalano 'pi tām

dagdhvā māyāmayīṃ sītāṃ bhagavānugradīdhitiḥ /
rāmāyādarśayat sītāṃ pāvako 'bhūt surapriyaḥ

pragṛhya bhartuścaraṇau karābhyāṃ sā sumadhyamā /
cakāra praṇatiṃ bhūmau rāmāya janakātmajā

dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamanā rāmo vismayākulalocanaḥ /
nanāma vahniṃ sirasā toṣayāmāsa rāghavaḥ

uvāca vahnerbhagavān kimeṣā varavarṇinī /
dagdhā bhagavatā pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭā matpārśvamāgatā

tamāha devo lokānāṃ dāhako havyavāhanaḥ /
yathāvṛttaṃ dāśarathiṃ bhūtānāmeva sannidhau

iyaṃ sā mithileśena pārvatīṃ rudravallabhām /
ārādhya labdhā tapasā devyāścātyantavallabhā

bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇopetā suśīleyaṃ pativratā /
bhavānīpārśvamānītā mayā rāvaṇakāmitā

yā nītā rākṣaseśena sītā bhagavatāhṛtā /
mayā māyāmayī sṛṣṭā rāvaṇasya vadhāya sā

tadarthaṃ bhavatā duṣṭo rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ /
mayopasaṃhṛtā caiva hato lokavināśanaḥ

gṛhāṇa vimalāmenāṃ jānakīṃ vacanānmama /
paśya nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ svātmānaṃ prabhavāvyayam

ityuktvā bhagavāṃścaṇḍo viścārcirviśvatomukhaḥ /
mānito rāghaveṇāgnirbhūtaiścāntaradhīyata

etate pativratānāṃ vaiṃ māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā /
strīṇāṃ sarvāghaśamanaṃ prāyaścittamidaṃ smṛtam

aśeṣapāpayuktastu puruṣo 'pi susaṃyataḥ /
svadehaṃ puṇyatīrtheṣu tyaktvā mucyeta kilbiṣāt

pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu snātvā puṇyeṣu vā dvijaḥ /
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ samastairapi pūruṣaḥ

vyāsa uvāca
ityeṣa mānavo dharmo yuṣmākaṃ kathito mayā /
maheśārādhanārthāya jñānayogaṃ ca śāśvatam

yo 'nena vidhinā yuktaṃ jñānayogaṃ samācaret /
sa paśyati mahādevaṃ nānyaḥ kalpaśatairapi

sthāpayed yaḥ paraṃ dharmaṃ jñānaṃ tatpārameśvaram /
na tasmādadhiko loke sa yogī paramo mataḥ

ya saṃsthāpayituṃ śakto na kuryānmohito janaḥ /
sa yogayukto 'pi munirnātyarthaṃ bhagavatpriyaḥ

tasmāt sadaiva dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ /
dharmayukteṣu śānteṣu śraddhayā cānviteṣu vai

yaḥ paṭhed bhavatāṃ nityaṃ saṃvādaṃ mama caiva hi /
sarvapāpavinirmukto gaccheta paramāṃ gatim

śrāddhe vā daivike kārye brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sannidhau /
paṭheta nityaṃ sumanāḥ śrotavyaṃ ca dvijātibhiḥ

yor'thaṃ vicārya yuktātmā śrāvayed brāhmaṇān śucīn /
sa doṣakañcukaṃ tyaktvā yāti devaṃ maheśvaram

etāvaduktvā bhagavān vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ /
samāśvāsya munīn sūtaṃ jagāma ca yathāgatam