Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites
गोब्राह्मणगृहं दग्ध्वा मृतं चोद्वन्धनादिना । पाशं छित्वा तथा तस्य कृच्छ्रमेकं चरेद्दिजः ॥ २६ ॥
gobrāhmaṇagṛhaṃ dagdhvā mṛtaṃ codvandhanādinā | pāśaṃ chitvā tathā tasya kṛcchramekaṃ careddijaḥ || 26 ||
مَن أحرق بيتَ بقرةٍ أو بيتَ براهمن، أو تسبّب في موتٍ بالشنق ونحوه، وكذلك قطع الحبلَ (الذي استُعمل لذلك القتل)، فعلى الـ«دْوِجَ» (المولود مرتين) أن يمارس كفّارة «كْرِتشْرا» مرةً واحدة.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a dharma/prāyaścitta context)
Vrata: Kṛcchra (one)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It frames severe harms—burning the property of cows/brāhmaṇas and causing death by hanging—as grave adharma, and prescribes Kṛcchra as a purificatory discipline to restore moral and ritual fitness through regulated restraint.
Bhakti in the Purāṇic vision is not separate from dharma: devotion is safeguarded by non-violence, reverence to brāhmaṇas, and protection of cows; when violated, sincere repentance and prescribed penance support a return to sattva and devotional life.
It reflects Dharmaśāstra-style prāyaścitta procedure (a practical ritual-legal application allied to Kalpa/Vedāṅga traditions), specifying Kṛcchra as the remedial vrata for defined offences.