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# Lingapurana 1.90

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.90

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.90.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.24) — 1 part

### [1.90.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.1)

sūta uvāca  
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yatīnāmiha niścitam  
prāyaścittaṃ śivaproktaṃ yatīnāṃ pāpaśodhanam //

### [1.90.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.2)

pāpaṃ hi trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃbhavam  
satataṃ hi divā rātrau yenedaṃ veṣṭyate jagat //

### [1.90.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.3)

tatkarmaṇā vināpyeṣa tiṣṭhatīti parā śrutiḥ  
kṣaṇamevaṃ prayojyaṃ tu āyuṣyaṃ tu vidhāraṇam //

### [1.90.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.4)

bhavedyogo 'pramattasya yogo hi paramaṃ balam  
na hi yogātparaṃ kiṃcin narāṇāṃ dṛśyate śubham //

### [1.90.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.5)

tasmād yogaṃ praśaṃsanti dharmayuktā manīṣiṇaḥ  
avidyāṃ vidyayā jitvā prāpyaiśvaryamanuttamam //

### [1.90.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.6)

dṛṣṭvā parāvaraṃ dhīrāḥ paraṃ gacchanti tatpadam  
vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivopavratāni ca //

### [1.90.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.7)

ekaikātikrame teṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate  
upetya tu striyaṃ kāmāt prāyaścittaṃ vinirdiśet //

### [1.90.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.8)

prāṇāyāmasamāyuktaṃ caretsāṃtapanaṃ vratam  
tataścarati nirdeśāt kṛcchraṃ cānte samāhitaḥ //

### [1.90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.9)

punar āśramam āgatya caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ  
na dharmayuktamanṛtaṃ hinastīti manīṣiṇaḥ //

### [1.90.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.10)

tathāpi na ca kartavyaṃ prasaṃgo hyeṣa dāruṇaḥ  
ahorātropavāsaś ca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā //

### [1.90.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.11)

asadvādo na kartavyo yatinā dharmalipsunā  
paramāpadgatenāpi na kāryaṃ steyamapyuta //

### [1.90.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.12)

steyādabhyadhikaḥ kaścin nāstyadharma iti śrutiḥ  
hiṃsā hyeṣā parā sṛṣṭā stainyaṃ vai kathitaṃ tathā //

### [1.90.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.13)

yadetaddraviṇaṃ nāma prāṇā hyete bahiścarāḥ  
sa tasya harate prāṇān yo yasya harate dhanam //

### [1.90.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.14)

evaṃ kṛtvā suduṣṭātmā bhinnavṛtto vratāccyutaḥ  
bhūyo nirvedamāpannaś careccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam //

### [1.90.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.15)

vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena saṃvatsaramiti śrutiḥ  
tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte bhūyaḥ prakṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ  
punarnirvedamāpannaś caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ //

### [1.90.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.16)

ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānāṃ karmaṇā manasā girā  
akāmādapi hiṃseta yadi bhikṣuḥ paśūn kṛmīn //

### [1.90.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.17)

kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ kurvīta cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā  
skandedindriyadaurbalyāt striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatiryadi //

### [1.90.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.18)

tena dhārayitavyā vai prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa  
divā skannasya viprasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate //

### [1.90.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.19)

trirātramupavāsāś ca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā  
rātrau skannaḥ śuciḥ snātvā dvādaśaiva tu dhāraṇā //

### [1.90.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.20)

prāṇāyāmena śuddhātmā virajā jāyate dvijāḥ  
ekānnaṃ madhumāṃsaṃ vā aśṛtānnaṃ tathaiva ca //

### [1.90.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.21)

abhojyāni yatīnāṃ tu pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca  
ekaikātikramātteṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate //

### [1.90.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.22)

prājāpatyena kṛcchreṇa tataḥ pāpātpramucyate  
vyatikramāś ca ye kecid vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃbhavāḥ //

### [1.90.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.23)

sadbhiḥ saha viniścitya yadbrūyustatsamācaret //

### [1.90.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.24)

careddhi śuddhaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ samastabhūteṣu ca satsamāhitaḥ  
sthānaṃ dhruvaṃ śāśvatamavyayaṃ tu paraṃ hi gatvā na punarhi jāyate //

### [1.90.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.90.24.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge yatiprāyaścittaṃ nāma navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.60.24) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.104.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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