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# Agnipurana 158.61

Agnipurāṇa 158.61

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.158.61)

sarveṣāṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ mātāpitroś ca sūtakaṃ /  
sūtakaṃ mātureva syādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ //

> For all relatives there is ritual impurity from death, but ritual impurity from birth applies to the mother and father; / ritual impurity from birth \[properly\] pertains only to the mother; the father is pure upon sipping water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.158.61) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.158.61) — Sanskrit

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