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# Kurmapurana 2.32: dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Kūrmapurāṇa 2.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.59) — 1 part

### dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.1)

vyāsa uvāca  
surāpastu surāṃ taptāmagnivarṇāṃ svayaṃ pibet /  
tayā sa kāye nirdagdhe mucyate tu dvijottamaḥ //

### [2.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.2)

gomūtramagnivarṇaṃ vā gośakṛdrasameva vā /  
payo ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ vātha mucyate pātakāt tataḥ //

### [2.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.3)

jalārdravāsāḥ prayato dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ harim /  
brahmahatyāvrataṃ cātha caret tatpāpaśāntaye //

### [2.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.4)

suvarṇasteyakṛd vipro rājānamabhigamya tu /  
svakarma khyāpayan brūyānmāṃ bhavānanuśāstviti //

### [2.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.5)

gṛhītvā musalaṃ rājā sakṛd hanyāt tataḥ svayam /  
vadhe tu śuddhyate steno brāhmaṇastapasaiva vā //

### [2.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.6)

skandhenādāya musalaṃ lakuṭaṃ vāpi khādiram /  
śaktiṃ cobhayatastīkṣṇāmāyasaṃ daṇḍameva vā //

### [2.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.7)

rājā tena ca gantavyo muktakeśena dhāvatā /  
ācakṣāṇena tatpāpamevaṅkarmāsmi śādhi mām //

### [2.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.8)

śāsanād vā vimokṣād vā stenaḥ steyād vimucyate /  
aśāsitvā tu taṃ rājāstenasyāpnoti kilbiṣam //

### [2.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.9)

tapasāpanunutsustu suvarṇasteyajaṃ malam /  
cīravāsā dvijo 'raṇye cared brahmahaṇo vratam //

### [2.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.10)

snātvāśvamedhāvabhṛthe pūtaḥ syādathavā dvijaḥ /  
pradadyād vātha viprebhyaḥ svātmatulyaṃ hiraṇyakam //

### [2.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.11)

cared vā vatsaraṃ kṛcchraṃ brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ /  
brāhmaṇaḥ svarṇahārī tu tatpāpasyāpanuttaye //

### [2.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.12)

gurorbhāryāṃ samāruhya brāhmaṇaḥ kāmamohitaḥ /  
avagūhet striyaṃ taptāṃ dīptāṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ kṛtām //

### [2.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.13)

svayaṃ vā śiśnavṛṣaṇāvutkṛtyādhāya cāñcalau /  
ātiṣṭhed dakṣiṇāmāśāmānipātādajihmagaḥ //

### [2.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.14)

gurvarthaṃ vā hataḥ śuddhyeccared vā brahmahā vratam /  
śākhāṃ vā kaṇṭakopetāṃ pariṣvajyātha vatsaram /  
adhaḥ śayīta niyato mucyate gurutalpagaḥ //

### [2.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.15)

kṛcchraṃ vābdaṃ cared vipraścīravāsāḥ samāhitaḥ /  
aśvamedhāvabhṛthake snātvā vā śuddhyate naraḥ //

### [2.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.16)

kāle 'ṣṭame vā bhuñjāno brahmacārī sadāvratī /  
sthānāsanābhyāṃ viharaṃstrirahno 'bhyupayannapaḥ //

### [2.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.17)

adhaḥ śāyī tribhirvarṣaistad vyapohati pātakam /  
cāndrāyaṇāni vā kuryāt pañca catvāri vā punaḥ //

### [2.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.18)

patitaiḥ saṃprayuktānāmatha vakṣyāmi niṣkṛtim /  
patitena tu saṃsargaṃ yo yena kurute dvijaḥ /  
sa tatpāpāpanodārthaṃ tasyaiva vratamācaret //

### [2.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.19)

taptakṛcchraṃ cared vātha saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ /  
ṣāṇmāsike tu saṃsarge prāyaścittārdhamarhati //

### [2.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.20)

ebhirvratairapohanti mahāpātakino malam /  
puṇyatīrthābhigamanāt pṛthivyāṃ vātha niṣkṛtiḥ //

### [2.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.21)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ /  
kṛtvā taiścāpi saṃsargaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kāmakārataḥ //

### [2.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.22)

kuryādanaśanaṃ vipraḥ puṇyatīrthe samāhitaḥ /  
jvalantaṃ vā viśedagniṃ dhyātvā devaṃ kapardinam //

### [2.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.23)

na hyanyā niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā munibhirdharmavādibhiḥ /  
tasmāt puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu dahed vāpi svadehakam //

### [2.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.24)

gatvā duhitaraṃ vipraḥ svasāraṃ vā snuṣāmapi /  
praviśejjvalanaṃ dīptaṃ matipūrvamiti sthitiḥ //

### [2.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.25)

mātṛṣvasāṃ mātulānīṃ tathaiva ca pitṛṣvasām /  
bhāgineyīṃ samāruhya kuryāt kṛcchrātikṛcchrakau //

### [2.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.26)

cāndrāyaṇaṃ ca kurvota tasya pāpasya śāntaye /  
dhyāyan devaṃ jagadyonimanādinidhanaṃ param //

### [2.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.27)

bhrātṛbhāryāṃ samāruhya kuryāt tatpāpaśāntaye /  
cāndrāyaṇāni catvāri pañca vā susamāhitaḥ //

### [2.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.28)

paitṛṣvastreyīṃ gatvā tu svastreyāṃ mātureva ca /  
mātulasya sutāṃ vāpi gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret //

### [2.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.29)

sakhibhāryāṃ samāruhya gatvā śyālīṃ tathaiva ca /  
ahorātroṣito bhūtvā taptakṛcchraṃ samācaret //

### [2.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.30)

udakyāgamane viprastrirātreṇa viśudhyati /  
cāṇḍālīgamane caiva taptakṛcchratrayaṃ viduḥ /  
saha sāṃtapanenāsya nānyathā niṣkṛtiḥ smṛtā //

### [2.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.31)

mātṛgotrāṃ samāsādya samānapravarāṃ tathā /  
cādrāyaṇena śudhyeta prayatātmā samāhitaḥ //

### [2.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.32)

brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā gṛcchramekaṃ samācaret /  
kanyakāṃ dūṣayitvā tu careccāndrāyaṇavratam //

### [2.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.33)

amānuṣīṣu puruṣa udakyāyāmayoniṣu /  
retaḥ siktvā jale caiva kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ caret //

### [2.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.34)

bandhakīgamane viprastrirātreṇa viśuddhyati /  
gavi bhathunamāsevya careccāndrāyaṇavratam //

### [2.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.35)

ajāvī maithunaṃ kṛtvā prājāpatyaṃ cared dvijaḥ /  
patitāṃ ca striyaṃ gatvā tribhiḥ kṛcchrai rviśuddhyati //

### [2.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.36)

pulkasīgamane caiva kracchraṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret /  
naṭīṃ śailūṣakīṃ caiva rajakīṃ veṇujīvinīm /  
gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāt tathā carmopajīvinīm //

### [2.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.37)

brahāmacārī striyaṃ gacchet kathañcitkāmamohitaḥ /  
saptagāraṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ vasitvā gardabhājinam //

### [2.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.38)

upaspṛśet triṣavaṇaṃ svapāpaṃ parikīrtayan /  
saṃvatsareṇa caikena tasmāt pāpāt pramucyate //

### [2.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.39)

brahmahatyāvrataṃ vāpi ṣaṇmāsānācared yamī /  
mucyate hyavakīrṇo tu brāhmaṇānumate sthitaḥ //

### [2.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.40)

saptarātramakṛtvā tu bhaikṣacaryāgnipūjanam /  
retasaśca samutsarge prāyaścittaṃ samācaret //

### [2.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.41)

oṅkārapūrvikābhistu mahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ sadā /  
saṃvatsaraṃ tu bhuñjāno naktaṃ bhikṣāśanaḥ śuciḥ //

### [2.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.42)

sāvitrīṃ ca japeccaiva nityaṃ krodhavivarjitaḥ /  
nadītīreṣu tīrtheṣu tasmāt pāpād vimucyate //

### [2.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.43)

hatvā tu kṣatriyaṃ vipraḥ kuryād brahmahaṇo vratam /  
akāmato vai ṣaṇmāsān dadyān pañcaśataṃ gavām //

### [2.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.44)

abdaṃ careta niyato vanavāsī samāhitaḥ /  
prājāpatyaṃ sāntapanaṃ taptakṛcchraṃ tu vā svayam //

### [2.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.45)

pramāpyākāmato vaiśyaṃ kuryāt saṃvatsaradvayam /  
gosahasraṃ sapādaṃ ca dadyād brahmahaṇo vratam /  
kṛcchrātikṛcchrau vā kuryāccāndrāyaṇamathāvi vā //

### [2.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.46)

saṃvatsaraṃ vrataṃ kuryācchūdraṃ hatvā pramādataḥ /  
gosahasrārdhapādaṃ ca dadyāt tatpāpaśāntaye //

### [2.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.47)

aṣṭau varṣāṇi ṣaṭ trīṇi kuryād brahmahaṇo vratam /  
hatvā tu kṣatriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ caiva yathākramam //

### [2.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.48)

nihatya brāhmaṇīṃ viprastvaṣṭavarṣaṃ vrataṃ caret /  
rājanyāṃ varṣaṣaṭkaṃ tu vaiśyāṃ saṃvatsaratrayam /  
vatsareṇa viśuddhyeta śūdrāṃ hatvā dvijottamaḥ //

### [2.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.49)

vaiśyāṃ hatvā pramādena kiñcid dadyād dvijātaye /  
antyajānāṃ vadhe caiva kuryāccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam /  
parākeṇāthavā śuddhirityāha bhagavānajaḥ //

### [2.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.50)

maṇḍūkaṃ nakulaṃ kākaṃ dandaśūkaṃ ca mūṣikam /  
śvānaṃ hatvā dvijaḥ kuryāt ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ vrataṃ tataḥ //

### [2.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.51)

payaḥ pibet trirātraṃ tu śvānaṃ hatvā suyantritaḥ /  
mārjāraṃ vātha nakulaṃ yojanaṃ vādhvano vrajet /  
kṛcchraṃ dvādaśarātraṃ tu kuryādaśvavadhe dvijaḥ //

### [2.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.52)

abhrīṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ dadyāt sarpaṃ hatvā dvijottamaḥ /  
palālabhāraṃ ṣaṇḍaṃ ca saisakaṃ caikamāṣakam //

### [2.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.53)

dhṛtakumbhaṃ varāhaṃ ca tiladroṇaṃ ca tittirim /  
śukaṃ dvihāyanaṃ vatsaṃ krauñcaṃ hatvā trihāyanam //

### [2.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.54)

hatvā haṃsaṃ balākāṃ ca bakaṃ barhiṇameva ca /  
vānaraṃ śyenabhāsau ca sparśayed brāhmaṇāya gām //

### [2.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.55)

kravyādāṃstu mṛgān hatvā dhenuṃ dadyāt payasvinīm /  
akravyādān vatsatarīmuṣṭraṃ hatvā tu kṛṣṇalam //

### [2.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.56)

kiñcideva tu viprāya dadyādasthimatāṃ vadhe /  
anasthnāṃ caiva hiṃsāyāṃ prāṇāyāmena śudhyati //

### [2.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.57)

phaladānāṃ tu vṛkṣāṇāṃ chedane japyamṛkśatam /  
gulmavallīlatānāṃ tu puṣpitānāṃ ca vīrudhām //

### [2.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.58)

anyeṣāṃ caiva vṛkṣāṇāṃ sarasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /  
phalapuṣpodbhavānāṃ ca ghṛtaprāśo viśodhanam //

### [2.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.59)

hastināṃ ca vadhe dṛṣṭaṃ taptakṛcchraṃ viśodhanam /  
cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ vā gāṃ hatvā tu pramādataḥ /  
matipūrvaṃ vadhe cāsyāḥ prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate //

### [2.32.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.59.p1)

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge dvātriśo 'dhyāyaḥ

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