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# Agnipurana 158.3

Agnipurāṇa 158.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.158.3)

aṣṭāhena tu śūdrasya dvādaśāhādataḥ paraṃ /  
strīṇāṃ viśuddhiruditā(1) snānamātreṇa vai pituḥ //

> for a Śūdra it is eight days, and beyond this it is twelve days.  
> Purification is declared for women \[in this manner\]; for the father it is indeed by a simple bath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.158.3) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.158.3) — Sanskrit

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