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Brahmottarakhaṇḍa ### [3.0.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p4) Single file source for the Brahmakhaṇḍa ### [3.0.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p5) Vegavatīsetustotram \[in\] bent characters ### [3.0.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p6) Chapter 1 ### [3.0.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p7) Chapter 2 ### [3.0.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p8) Chapter 3 ### [3.0.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p9) Chapter 4 ### [3.0.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p10) Chapter 5 ### [3.0.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p11) Chapter 6 ### [3.0.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p12) Chapter 7 ### [3.0.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p13) Chapter 8 ### [3.0.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p14) Chapter 9 ### [3.0.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p15) Chapter 10 ### [3.0.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p16) Chapter 11 ### [3.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p17) Chapter 12 ### [3.0.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p18) Chapter 13 ### [3.0.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p19) Chapter 14 ### [3.0.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p20) Chapter 15 ### [3.0.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p21) Chapter 16 ### [3.0.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p22) Chapter 17 ### [3.0.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p23) Chapter 18 ### [3.0.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p24) Chapter 19 ### [3.0.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p25) Chapter 20 ### [3.0.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p26) Chapter 21 ### [3.0.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p27) Chapter 22 ### [3.0.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p28) Chapter 23 ### [3.0.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p29) Chapter 24 ### [3.0.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p30) Chapter 25 ### [3.0.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p31) Chapter 26 ### [3.0.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p32) Chapter 27 ### [3.0.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p33) Chapter 28 ### [3.0.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p34) Chapter 29 ### [3.0.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p35) Chapter 30 ### [3.0.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p36) Chapter 31 ### [3.0.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p37) Chapter 32 ### [3.0.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p38) Chapter 33 ### [3.0.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p39) Chapter 34 ### [3.0.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p40) Chapter 35 ### [3.0.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p41) Chapter 36 ### [3.0.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p42) Chapter 37 ### [3.0.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p43) Chapter 38 ### [3.0.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p44) Chapter 39 ### [3.0.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p45) Chapter 40 ### [3.0.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p46) Chapter 41 ### [3.0.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p47) Chapter 42 ### [3.0.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p48) Chapter 43 ### [3.0.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p49) Chapter 44 ### [3.0.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p50) Chapter 45 ### [3.0.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p51) Chapter 46 ### [3.0.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p52) Chapter 47 ### [3.0.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p53) Chapter 48 ### [3.0.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p54) Chapter 49 ### [3.0.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p55) Chapter 50 ### [3.0.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p56) Chapter 51 ### [3.0.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.0.p57) Chapter 52 Table of Contents ### [3.1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.1) Now begins the Setumāhātmya, the first \[part\] in the Brāhmakhaṇḍa. (3.1) ### [3.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.2) 1 Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. ### [3.1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.3) Homage to the venerable Veda-Vyāsa. ### [3.1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.4) One should meditate upon Viṣṇu, who wears white garments, is the color of the moon, has four arms, ### [3.1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.5) and has a serene face, for the pacification of all obstacles. (1) ### [3.1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.6) The seers headed by Śaunaka, residing in Naimiṣāraṇya, ### [3.1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.7) were devoted to the eightfold yoga and solely dedicated to the knowledge of Brahman. (1) ### [3.1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.8) Desiring liberation, great-souled, free from possessiveness, expounders of Brahman, ### [3.1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.9) knowers of dharma, free from envy, and committed to the vow of truth, (2) ### [3.1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.10) subdued of senses, subdued of anger, compassionate to all beings, ### [3.1.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.11) worshiping eternal Viṣṇu with supreme devotion, (3) ### [3.1.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.12) practiced tapas in the greatly meritorious Naimiṣa, which bestows liberation. ### [3.1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.13) Once those great-souled ones held an excellent gathering, (4) ### [3.1.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.14) reciting greatly meritorious stories that destroy sins, ### [3.1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.15) and inquiring of one another the means to worldly enjoyment and liberation. (5) ### [3.1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.16) \[There were\] twenty-six thousand seers of purified soul; ### [3.1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.17) of their disciples and grand-disciples, the count could not be made. (6) ### [3.1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.18) At that moment, the greatly learned disciple of Vyāsa, the great sage, ### [3.1.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.19) Sūta, foremost of Purāṇa reciters, arrived at Naimiṣāraṇya. (7) ### [3.1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.20) Seeing that sage arrived, blazing like fire, ### [3.1.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.21) the sages headed by Śaunaka worshiped him with water for guests and other offerings. (8) ### [3.1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.22) When that Sūta was comfortably seated on an excellent, auspicious seat, ### [3.1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.23) desiring the welfare of the worlds, they asked him a supreme secret: (9) ### [3.1.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.24) “O Sūta, knower of the true nature of dharma and wealth, welcome, O bull among sages! ### [3.1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.25) You have heard the Purāṇas from Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī. (3.1.1.10) ### [3.1.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.26) Therefore, O great sage, you know the meaning of all the Purāṇas. ### [3.1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.27) Which sacred fields are meritorious on the earth, and which sacred fords? (11) ### [3.1.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.28) Or how will living beings attain liberation from the ocean of worldly existence? ### [3.1.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.29) How does devotion arise in men towards Hari or Hara? (12) ### [3.1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.30) And by what means does the fruit of threefold action become accomplished for a person? ### [3.1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.31) Kindly tell all of this and whatever else \[is secret\], O Sūta! (13) ### [3.1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.32) For spiritual teachers tell even a secret to an affectionate disciple.” ### [3.1.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.33) Thus questioned then by the dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya, (14) ### [3.1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.34) Sūta began to speak, having first bowed to his guru Vyāsa. ### [3.1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.35) Śrī Sūta said: ### [3.1.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.36) “This has been well asked by you, O brahmins, for the benefit of the world. (15) ### [3.1.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.37) I shall tell you this secret; listen with respect. ### [3.1.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.38) This has not been spoken by me before to anyone, O bulls among sages. (16) ### [3.1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.39) Restraining your minds, O foremost of brahmins, listen with devotion. ### [3.1.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.40) There is \[a sacred place\] named Rāmeśvara, sanctified at Rāmasetu, (17) ### [3.1.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.41) the best of all sacred fields and of all sacred fords. ### [3.1.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.42) At the mere sight of Rāmasetu, liberation from the ocean of worldly existence is attained; (18) ### [3.1.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.43) there is devotion to Hari and Hara, and an increase of merit; ### [3.1.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.44) and the accomplishment of threefold action occurs—there is no doubt in this. (19) ### [3.1.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.45) Whatever person gazes upon the bridge with devotion during his lifetime, ### [3.1.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.46) I shall tell the meritorious fruit of that; listen, O bulls among sages! (3.1.1.20) ### [3.1.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.47) Together with twenty million families on the mother's and father's sides, ### [3.1.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.48) having enjoyed \[bliss\] with Śambhu for an eon, he then attains liberation. (21) ### [3.1.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.49) The dust particles of the earth can be counted, the stars in the sky can be counted, ### [3.1.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.50) but the merit born of the darśana of the bridge cannot be counted even by Śeṣa. (22) ### [3.1.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.51) The construction of the bridge is proclaimed as the embodiment of all the gods. ### [3.1.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.52) Who is capable of counting the merit of the person who beholds it? (23) ### [3.1.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.53) Having seen the bridge, O brahmins, a person is regarded as a performer of all sacrifices, ### [3.1.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.54) one who has bathed in all sacred fords, and one who has practiced all tapas. (24) Esoteric aspect of setu To whatever person one might say, 'Go to the bridge,' O twice-born, ### [3.1.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.55) he too obtains that fruit; what need of many words on other matters? (25) ### [3.1.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.56) A mortal who performs ritual ablution at the bridge, accompanied by seventy million families, ### [3.1.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.57) Reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there. // 26 ### [3.1.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.58) The Setu, the Rāmeśvara liṅga, and Mount Gandhamādana— ### [3.1.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.59) a person contemplating \[these\], truly, is released from all sins. // 27 ### [3.1.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.60) Accompanied by a hundred thousand crores of families on his mother's and father's sides, ### [3.1.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.61) reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there; ### [3.1.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.62) or having dwelled in the realm of Śambhu for three kalpas, he is liberated right there. // 28 ### [3.1.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.63) The condition of \[confinement in\] a crucible, the well of marrow, likewise the river Vaitaraṇī, ### [3.1.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.64) being eaten by dogs, and drinking urine—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 29 ### [3.1.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.65) The heated pike, the heated rock, and the lake of excrement, ### [3.1.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.66) and likewise the well of blood—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 3.1.1.30 ### [3.1.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.67) Climbing the thorny silk-cotton tree, eating blood, eating worms, ### [3.1.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.68) eating one's own flesh, and entering flames of fire, // 31 ### [3.1.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.69) a rain of stones, a rain of fire, the hell Kālasūtra, ### [3.1.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.70) caustic water and boiling water—a beholder of the Setu will not go to. // 32 ### [3.1.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.71) A person who bathes at the Setu, O brahmins, even if guilty of the five mortal sins, ### [3.1.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.72) accompanied by a hundred crore families on his mother's and father's sides, // 33 ### [3.1.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.73) dwells in the realm of Viṣṇu for three kalpas and is liberated right there. ### [3.1.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.74) Being hung upside down to wither, the hell of immersion in caustic fluid, // 34 ### [3.1.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.75) torment in a stone press, and falling from the wind, ### [3.1.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.76) being smeared with feces, and being sawn through with a saw, // 35 ### [3.1.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.77) eating feces, drinking semen, burning at the joints, ### [3.1.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.78) rolling upon a bed of hot coals, and pounding with a pestle— // 36 ### [3.1.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.79) these hells, indeed, one who bathes at the Setu does not see. ### [3.1.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.80) Thinking with the resolved thought, 'I will perform a bath at the Setu,' // 37 ### [3.1.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.81) whoever walks a hundred paces, even though a great sinner, ### [3.1.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.82) being dragged through many wooden machines, piercing with weapons, // 38 ### [3.1.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.83) falling and being thrown up, torment with maces and clubs, ### [3.1.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.84) being struck by elephant tusks, biting by various serpents, // 39 ### [3.1.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.85) inhaling smoke, bound with nooses, torment on various pikes, ### [3.1.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.86) pouring of caustic water into the mouth and nose, // 3.1.1.40 ### [3.1.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.87) drinking caustic water, the hell of eating heated iron needles— ### [3.1.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.88) to these hells, indeed, he does not go, his sins departed. // 41 ### [3.1.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.89) Entering cavities filled with caustic water, eating filth, ### [3.1.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.90) cutting of sinews, burning of sinews, and fracturing of bones, // 42 ### [3.1.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.91) eating phlegm, drinking bile, consuming intensely bitter substances, ### [3.1.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.92) drinking boiling oil, and drinking caustic water, // 43 ### [3.1.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.93) drinking astringent water, eating heated stones, ### [3.1.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.94) bathing in boiling sand, and grinding of teeth, // 44 ### [3.1.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.95) lying on heated iron, pouring of heated water, ### [3.1.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.96) piercing with needles into the eyes and joints of the mouth, // 45 ### [3.1.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.97) binding a weight of iron to the penis and testicles, ### [3.1.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.98) falling from tree tops into \[pits\] filled with foul stench, // 46 ### [3.1.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.99) a bed of weapons with sharp blades, drinking semen and the like— ### [3.1.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.100) such dreadful hells one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 47 ### [3.1.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.101) He who lies upon the sands of the Setu, covered with its dust— ### [3.1.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.102) as many particles of dust cling to his body, O best of brahmins, // 48 ### [3.1.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.103) so many murders of brahmins are destroyed; there is no doubt here. ### [3.1.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.104) He whose entire body is touched by the wind from the middle of the Setu, // 49 ### [3.1.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.105) ten thousand \[sins of\] drinking liquor of his are destroyed that very moment. ### [3.1.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.106) Whose hair remains in the middle of the Setu after tonsure, // 3.1.1.50 ### [3.1.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.107) ten thousand \[sins of\] defiling a guru's bed of his are destroyed that very moment. ### [3.1.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.108) Whose bone is deposited in the middle of the Setu by sons and grandsons, ### [3.1.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.109) ten thousand \[sins of\] stealing gold of his are destroyed that very moment. // 51 ### [3.1.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.110) Remembering whom one should bathe in the middle of the Setu, O best of brahmins, ### [3.1.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.111) that person's guilt from association with mortal sinners is dissolved. // 52 ### [3.1.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.112) A breaker of paths, one who cooks only for himself, a reviler of ascetics and brahmins, ### [3.1.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.113) a glutton, and a seller of the Veda—these five are killers of brahmins. // 53 ### [3.1.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.114) He who, having summoned brahmins, promising 'I shall give wealth' and the like, ### [3.1.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.115) afterward says 'There is nothing'—he too is called a killer of a brahmin. // 54 ### [3.1.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.116) He who, having learned righteousness from someone, bears malice toward him— ### [3.1.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.117) or despises brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 55 ### [3.1.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.118) A herd of cattle arrived at a reservoir of water to drink water— ### [3.1.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.119) whoever turns them away, O brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 56 ### [3.1.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.120) Yet having approached the Setu, all of them are released from the multitudes of sins. ### [3.1.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.121) Those who are equal to brahmin-killers, and whichever other \[sinners exist\], O best of the twice-born, // 57 ### [3.1.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.122) all of them, having come to the Setu, are released; there is no doubt in this. ### [3.1.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.123) One who abandons the daily domestic fire-sacrifice, one who eats the food of an idol, // 58 ### [3.1.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.124) one who has intercourse with a woman who drinks liquor, likewise an eater of a courtesan's food, ### [3.1.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.125) and also an eater of food belonging to a multitude, and one who delights in the food of an outcaste: // 59 ### [3.1.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.126) these are declared equal to liquor-drinkers, excluded from all ritual acts. ### [3.1.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.127) By ritual ablution at the Setu, all of them are released, their defilements destroyed. // 3.1.1.60 ### [3.1.1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.128) And whichever others are equal to liquor-drinkers are released through bathing at the Setu. ### [3.1.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.129) And \[thieves\] of tubers, roots, and fruits, of musk and silk garments, // 61 ### [3.1.1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.130) likewise of milk, sandalwood, camphor, and betel nuts, ### [3.1.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.131) of honey, clarified butter, copper, bell-metal, and likewise of rudrākṣa beads— // 62 ### [3.1.1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.132) thieves \[of these\] should be recognized as equal to gold-stealers. ### [3.1.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.133) Having come to the sacred field of the Setu, they are released; there is no doubt in this. // 63 ### [3.1.1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.134) And all other thieves, indeed, O twice-born, by ritual ablution at the Setu ### [3.1.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.135) are released from all sins; no hesitation should be entertained here. // 64 ### [3.1.1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.136) A sister, a daughter-in-law, and likewise a menstruating woman, ### [3.1.1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.137) a brother's wife, a friend's wife, a woman who drinks intoxicating drink, another's wife, // 65 ### [3.1.1.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.138) a woman of low caste, or a trusting woman—he who approaches \[any of these\] out of passion ### [3.1.1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.139) is to be known as a violator of the guru's bed, excluded from all ritual acts. // 66 ### [3.1.1.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.140) These and whatever others are equal to violators of the guru's bed, ### [3.1.1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.141) all of them are completely released by ritual ablution at the Setu, O twice-born. // 67 ### [3.1.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.142) Those who associate with them, O brahmins, and whatever other sinners exist, ### [3.1.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.1.143) they too would attain liberation by the great ritual ablution at the Setu. // 68 _First 200 of 19,309 passages. 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