Narada Purana · Chapter 1.30

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde tithyādinirṇayo nāma ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
prāyaścittavidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇu nārada sāṃpratam /
prāyaścittaviśuddhātmā sarvakarmaphalaṃ labhet

prāyaścittavihīnaistu yatkarma kriyate mune /
tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ proktaṃ rākṣasaiḥ parisevitam

kāmakrodhavihīnaiśca dharmaśāstraviśāradaiḥ /
praṣṭavyā brāhmaṇā dharmaṃ sarvadharmaphalecchubhiḥ

prāyaścittāni cīrṇāni nārāyaṇaparāṅmukhaiḥ /
na niṣpunanti viprendra surābhāṇḍamivāpagāḥ

brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ /
mahāpātakinanastvete tatsaṃsargī ca pañcamaḥ

yastu saṃvatsaraṃ hyataiḥ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ /
saṃvasetsaha taṃ vidyātpatitaṃ sarvakarmasu

ajñānādvāhmaṇaṃ hatvā cīravāsā jaṭī bhavet /
svenaiva hataviprasya kapālamapi dhārayet

tadabhāve muniśraṣṭa kapālaṃ vānyameva vā /
taddravyaṃ dhvajadaṇḍe tu dhṛtvā vanacaro bhavet

vanyāhāro vasetatra vāramekaṃ mitāśanaḥ /
samyaksaṃdhyāmupāsīta trikālaṃ snānamācaret

adhyayanādhyāpanādūnvarjayetsaṃsmareddharim /
brahmacārī bhavennityaṃ gandhamālyādi varjayet

tīrthānyanuvaseccaiva puṇyāścāvāśramāṃstathā /
yadi vanyairna jīveta grāme bhikṣāṃ samācaret

dvādaśābdaṃ vrataṃ kuryādevaṃ hariparāyaṇaḥ /
brahmahā śuddhimānpoti karmārhaścaiva jāyate

vratamadhye mṛgairvāpi rogairvāpi niṣūditaḥ /
gonimittaṃ dvijārthaṃ vā prāṇānvāpi parityajet

yadvā dadyāddvijendrāṇāṃ gavāmayutamuttasam /
eteṣvanyatamaṃ kṛtvā brahmahā śuddhimānpuyāt

dīkṣitaṃ kṣatriyaṃ hatvā careddhi brahmahavratam /
agnipraveśanaṃ vāpi marutprapatanaṃ tathā

dīkṣītaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ hatvā dviguṇaṃ vratamācaret /
ācāryādivadhe caiva vratamuktaṃ caturguṇam

hatvā tu vipramātraṃ ca caretsaṃvatsaraṃ vratam /
evaṃ viprasya gaditaḥ prāyaścittavidhirdvija

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dviguṇaṃ kṣatriyasyoktaṃ triguṇaṃ tu viśaḥ smṛtam /
brāhmaṇaṃ hṝnti yaḥ śūdrastaṃ muśalyaṃ virdurbudhāḥ

rājñaiva śikṣā kartavyā iti śāsteṣu niścayaḥ /
brāhmaṇīnāṃ vadhe tvarddhaṃ pādaḥ syātkanyakāvadhe

hatvā tvanupanītāṃśca tathā pādavrataṃ caret /
hatvā tu kṣatriyaṃ vipraḥ ṣaḍabdaṃ kucchramācaret

saṃvatsaraṃ trayaṃ veśyaṃ śūrdraṃ hatvā tu vatsaram /
dīkṣitasya striyaṃ hatvā brāhmaṇī cāṣṭavatsarān

brahmahatyāvrataṃ kṛtvā śuddho bhavati niścitam /
prāvaścittaṃ vidhānaṃ tu sarvatra munisattama

vṛddhāturastrībālānāmarddhamuktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ /
gauḍī paiṣṭī ca mādhvī ca vijñeyā trividhā surā

cāturvarṇyārapeyā syāttathā strībhiśca nārada /
kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ vā gomūtrameteṣvanyatamaṃ mune

snātvardravāsā niyato nārāyaṇamanusmaran /
pakvāyasanibhaṃ kṛtvā pibejcaivodakaṃ tataḥ

tattu lauhena pātreṇa hyāyasenāthavā pibet /
tāmreṇa vāthaṃ pātreṇa tatpītvā maraṇaṃ vrajet

surāpī śuddhimānpoti nānyathā śuddhiriṣyate /
ajñānādātmabuddyā tu surāṃ pītvā dvijaścaret

brahmahatyāvrataṃ samyaktaccihnaparivarjitaḥ /
yadi rogānivṛttyarthamauṣadhārthaṃ surāṃ pibet

tasyopanayanaṃ bhūyastathā cāndrāyaṇadvayam /
surāsaṃspṛṣṭapātraṃ tu surābhāṇḍodakaṃ tathā

surāpānasamaṃ prāhustathā candrasya bhakṣaṇam /
tālaṃ ca pānasaṃ caiva drākṣaṃ khārjūrasaṃbhavam

mādhuka śailamāriṣṭaṃ maireyaṃ nālikerajam /
gauḍī mādhvī surā madyamevamekādaśa smṛtāḥ

eteṣvanyatamaṃ vipro na pibedvai kadācana /
eteṣvanyatamaṃ yastu pivedajñānato dvijaḥ

tasyopanayanaṃ bhūyastatpakṛcchraṃ carettathā /
samakṣaṃ vā parokṣaṃ vā balāccauyaṇa vā tathā

parasvānāmupādānaṃ steyamityucyate budhaiḥ /
suvarṇasya pramāṇaṃ tu manvādyaiḥ paribhāṣitam

vakṣye śṛṇuṣva viprendra prāyaścajitoktisādhanam /
gavākṣāgatamārtaṇḍaraśmimadhye pradṛśyate

trasareṇupramāṇaṃ tu raja ityucyate budhaiḥ /
trasareṇvaṣṭakaṃ niṣkastatrayaṃ rājasarṣapaḥ

maurasarṣapastartrayaṃ syāttatṣaṭkaṃ yava ucyate /
yavatrayaṃ kṛṣṇalaḥ syānmāṣastatpañcakaṃ smṛtaḥ

māṣaṣoḍaṣamānaṃ syātsuvarṇamiti nārada /
hatvā brahmasvamajñānāddvādaśāṃbdaṃ tu pūrvavat

kapāladhvajahīnaṃ tu brahmahatyāvrataṃ caret /
guruṇāṃ yajñakatṝṇāṃ dhārmiṣṭānāṃ tathaiva ca

śrotriyāṇāṃ dvijānāṃ tu hṛtvā hemaivamācaret /
kṛtānutāpo dehe ca saṃpūrṇe lepayed dhṛtam

karīṣacchādito dagdhaḥ steyapāpādvimucyate /
brahmasvaṃ kṣatriyo hṛtvā paścāttāpamavāpya ca

punardadāti tatraiva tadvidhānaṃ śṛṇuṣva me /
tatra sāṃtapanaṃ kṛtvā dvādaśāhopavāsataḥ

śuddhimāpnoti devarṣe hyanyathā patito bhavet /
rantāsanamanuṣyastrīdhenubhūmyādikeṣu ca

suvarṇasahṛśeṣveṣu prāyaścitārddhamucyate /
trasareṇusamaṃ hema hṛtvā kuryātsamāhitaḥ

prāṇāyāmadvayaṃ samyak tena śuddhaccati mānavaḥ /
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kuryāddhṛtvā niṣkapramāṇakam

prāṇāyāmāśca catvāro rājasarṣa pamātrake /
gaurasarṣapamānaṃ tu hṛtvā hema vicakṣaṇaḥ

snātvā ca vidhivajjapyādgāyatryaṣṭasahasrakam /
yavamātrasuvarṇasya steyācchuddho bhaveddijaḥ

āsāyaṃ prātarārabhya japtvā vai vedamātaram /
hema kṛṣṇalamātraṃ tu hṛtvā sāṃtapanaṃ caret

māṣapramāṇe hemnastu prāyaścittaṃ nigadyate /
gomūtrapakvayavabhugvarṣeṇaikena śuddhyati

saṃpūrṇasya suvarṇasya steyaṃ kṛtvā munīśvara /
brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryāddvādaśābdaṃ samāhitaḥ

suvarṇamānānnyūne tu rajatasteyakarmaṇi /
kuryātsāṃtapanaṃ samyaganyathā patito bhavet

daśaniṣkāntaparyantamūrddhūṃ niṣkacatuṣṭayāt /
hatvā ca rajataṃ vidvānkuryāccāndrāyaṇaṃ mune

daśādiśatiṣkāntaṃ yaḥ steyī rajatasya tu /
cāndrāyaṇadvayaṃ tasya proktaṃ pāpaviśodhakam

śatādūrddhūṃ sahasrāntaṃ proktaṃ cāndrāyaṇatrayam /
sahasrādadhikasteye brahmahatyāvrataṃ caret

kāṃsyapittalamukhyeṣu hyayaskānte tathaiva ca /
sahasraniṣkamāne tu parākaṃ parikīrtitam

prāyaścittaṃ tu rantānāṃ steye rājatavatsmṛtam /
gurutalpagatānāṃ ca prāyaścittamudīryate

ajñānānmātaraṃ gatvā tatsapatnīmathāpi vā /
svayameva svamuṣkaṃ tu cchindyātpāpamudīrayan

haste gṛhītvā muṣkaṃ tu gacchandvai naiṛtīṃ diśam /
gacchanmārgai sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ na kadācidvicārayet

apaśyangacchato gacchetpāṇāntaṃ yaḥ sa śuddhyati /
marutprapatanaṃ vāpi kuryātpāpamudāharan

svavarṇottamavarṇastrīgamane tvavicārataḥ /
brāhmahatyāvrataṃ kuryādvādaśābdaṃ samāhitaḥ

amatyābhyāsato gacchetsavarṇāṃ cottamāṃ tathā /
kārīṣavahninā dagdhaḥ śuddhiṃ yāti dvijottama

retaḥsekātpūrvameva nivṛtto yadi mātari /
brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryādretaḥ seke 'gnidāhanam

savarṇottamavarṇāsu nivṛtto vīryasecanāt /
brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryānnavābdānviṣṇutatparaḥ

vaiśyāyāṃ pitṛpatnyāṃ tu ṣaḍabdaṃ vratamācaret /
gatvā śūdvāṃ gurorbhāryāṃ trivarṣaṃ vratamācaret

mātṛṣvasāraṃ ca pitṛṣvasāramācāryabhāryāṃ śvaśurasya patnīm /
pitṛvyabhāryāmatha mātulānīṃ putrīṃ ca gacchedyadi kāmamugdhaḥ

dinadvaye brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryādyathāvidhi /
ekasminneva divase bahuvāraṃ trivārṣikam

ekavāraṃ gate hyabdaṃvrataṃ kṛtvā viśuddhyati /
dinatraye gate vahnidagdhaḥ śudhyeta nānyathā

cāñjālīṃ puṣkasīṃ caiva snuṣāṃ ca bhaginīṃ tathā /
mitrastriyaṃ śiṣyapatnīṃ yastu vai kāmato vrajet

brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryātsa ṣaḍabdaṃ munīśvara /
akāmato vrajedyastu so 'bdakṛcchraṃ samācaret

mahāpātakisaṃsarge prāyaścittaṃ nigadyate /
prāyaścittaviśuddhātmā sarvakarmaphalaṃ labhet

yasya yena bhavetsaṃgo brahmahāndicaturṣvapi /
tattadvrataṃ sa nivrartya śuddhimānpotyasaṃśayam

ajñānātpañcarātraṃ tu saṃgamebhiḥ karotiyaḥ /
kāyakṛcchraṃ caretsamyaganyathā patito bhavet

dvādaśāhetu saṃsarge mahāsāṃtapanaṃ smṛtam /
saṃgaṅkṛtvārddhamāsaṃ tu dvādaśāhamupāvaset

parāko māsasaṃsarge cāndramāsatrayesmṛtam /
kṛtvā saṃgaṃ tu ṣaṇmāsaṃ careccāndrāyaṇadvayam

kiñcinnyūnābdasaṃge tu ṣaṇmāsavratamācaret /
etacca triguṇaṃ proktaṃ jñānātsaṃge yathākramam

maṇḍūkaṃ nakulaṃ kākaṃ varāhaṃ mūṣakaṃ tathā /
mārjārājāvikaṃ śvānaṃ hatvā kukkuṭakaṃ tathā

kṛcchrārddhamācaredvipro 'tikṛcchraṃ cāśvaha caret /
jatpakṛcchraṃ karivadhe parākaṃ govadhe smṛtam

kāmato govadhe naiva śuddhirddaṣṭā manīṣibhiḥ /
pānaśayyāsanādyeṣu puṣpamūlaphaleṣu ca

bhakṣyabhojyāpahāreṣu pañcagavyaviśodhanam /
śuṣkakāṣṭatṛṇānāṃ ca drumāṇāṃ ca guḍasya ca

carmavastrāmiṣāṇāṃ ca trirātraṃ syādabhojanam /
ṭiṭṭibhaṃ cakravākaṃ ca haṃsaṃ kāraṇḍavaṃ tathā

ulūkaṃ sārasaṃ caiva pakotaṃ jalapādakam /
śukaṃ cāṣaṃ balākaṃ ca śiśumāraṃ ca kacchapam

eteṣvanyatamaṃ hatvā dvādaśāhamabhojanam /
prājāpatyavrataṃ kuryādretoviṇmūtrabhojane

cāndrāyaṇatrayaṃ proktaṃ śūdrocchiṣṭasya bhojane /
rajasvalāṃ ca cāṇḍālaṃ mahāpātakinaṃ tathā

sūtikāṃ patitaṃ caiva ucchiṣṭaṃ rajakādikam /
spṛṣṭvā sacailaṃ snāyīta ghṛtaṃ saṃprāśeyattathā

gāyatrīṃ ca viśuddhātmā japedaṣṭaśataṃ dvija /
eteṣvanyatamaṃ spṛṣṭvā ajñānādhadyadi bhojane

trirātro poṣaṇācchuddhye tpañcagavyāśanādvija /
snānadānajapādau ca bhojanādau ca nārada

eṣāmanyatamasyāpi śabdaṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyādvadet /
udvameddhuktamaṃnnatatstrātvā copavasettathā

dvitīye 'hni ghṛtaṃ prāśya śuddhimānpoti nārada /
vratādimadhye yadyeṣā śṛṇuyāddhūnimapyuta

aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu japedrai vedamātaram /
pāpānāmadhikaṃ pāpaṃ dvijadaivatanindanam

na dṛṣṭvā niṣkṛtistasya sarvaśāstreṣu nārada /
mahāpātakatulyāni yāni proktāni sūribhiḥ

prāyaścittaṃ tu teṣāṃ ca kuryādevaṃ yathāvidhi /
prāyaścittāni yaḥ kuryānnārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ

tasya pāpāni naśyantihyanyathā patito bhavet /
yastu rāgādinirmukto hyanutāpasamanvitaḥ

sarvabhūtayayāyukto viṣṇusmaraṇatatparaḥ /
mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ

vimukta eva pāpebhyo jñeyo viṣṇuparo yataḥ /
nārāyaṇamanāndyantaṃ viśvākāramanāmayam

yastu saṃsmarate martyaḥ sa muktaḥ pāpakoṭibhiḥ /
smṛto vā pūjito vāpi dhyātaḥ praṇamito 'pi vā

nāśayatyeva pāpāni viṣṇurhṛdgamanaḥ satām /
saṃparkādyadi vā mohādyastu pūjayate harim

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa prayāti hareḥ padam /
sakṛtsaṃsmaraṇādviṣṇornaśyanti kleśasaṃcayāḥ

svargādibhogaprātpistu tasya viprānumīyate /
mānuṣaṃ durlabhaṃ janma prāpyate yairmunīśvara

tatrāpi haribhaktistu durlabhā parikīrttitā /
tasmāttaḍillatālolaṃ mānuṣyaṃ prāpya durlabham

hariṃ saṃpūjayedbhaktyā paśupāśavimocanam /
sarve 'ntarāyā naśyanti manaḥśuddhiśca jāyate

paraṃ mokṣaṃ labheścaiva pūjite tu janārdane /
dharmārthakāmokṣākhyāḥ puruṣārthāḥ sanātanāḥ

haripūjāparāṇāṃ tu sidhyanti nātra saṃśayaḥ /
putradāragṛhakṣetradhanadhānyābhidhāvatīm

labdhvemāṃ mānuṣīṃ vṛttiṃ rere darpaṃ tu mā kṛthāḥ /
saṃtyajya kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ mohaṃ madaṃ tathā

parāpavādaṃ nindāṃ ca bhajadhvaṃ bhaktito harim /
vyāpārānsakalāṃstktvā pūjayadhvaṃ janārdanam

nikaṭā eva dṛśyante kṛtāntanagaradrumāḥ /
yāvannāyāti maraṇaṃ yāvannāyāti vai jarā

yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ tāvadevācaryeddharim /
dhīmānnakuryādviśvāsaṃ śarīre 'sminvinaśvare

nityaṃ sannihito mṛtyuḥ saṃpadatyantacañcalā /
āsannamaraṇo dehastasmāddarppaṃ vimucata

saṃyogā viprayogāntāḥ sarvaṃ ca ghakṣaṇabhaṅguram /
etajjñātvā mahābhāga pūjayasva janārdanam

āśayā vyathate caiva mokṣastvatyantadurlabhaḥ /
bhaktyā yajati yo viṣṇuṃ mahāpātakavānapi

so 'pi yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatragha gatvā na śocati /
sarvatīrthāni yajñāśca sāṃgā vedāśca sattama

nārāyaṇārcanasyaite kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm /
kiṃ vai vedairmakhaiḥ śāstraiḥ kiṃvā tīrthaniṣevaṇaiḥ

viṣṇubhaktivihīnānāṃ kiṃ tapobhirvratairapi

yajanti ye viṣṇumanantamṛrtiṃ nirīkṣya cākāragataṃ vareṇyam /
vedāntavedyaṃ bhavarogavaidyaṃ te yānti martyāḥ padamacyutasya

anādimātmānamanantaśaktimādhārabhūtaṃ jagataḥ sureḍyam /
jyotiḥ svarupaṃ paramacyutākhyaṃ smṛtvā samabhyeti naraḥ sakhāyam