Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites
प्रायश्चित्तं स्मृतं तत्र शस्त्रे शस्त्रे निगद्यते । काष्टे सान्तपनं प्रोक्तं प्राजापत्यं तु लोष्टके ॥ ४५ ॥
prāyaścittaṃ smṛtaṃ tatra śastre śastre nigadyate | kāṣṭe sāntapanaṃ proktaṃ prājāpatyaṃ tu loṣṭake || 45 ||
في ذلك السياق تُذكر الكفّارة (prāyaścitta) مميَّزةً لكل نوع من الأداة. فإن كان الأذى بالخشب فالمقرر توبة سَانتَپَنَ (Sāntapana)، وإن كان بكتلة من التراب فالمقرر توبة بْرَاجَاپَتْيَ (Prājāpatya).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: Sāntapana (as prāyaścitta-vrata) / Prājāpatya (as prāyaścitta-vrata)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches proportional atonement: wrongdoing is purified through a prāyaścitta matched to the instrument and gravity of harm, restoring dharmic balance through disciplined vrata.
While primarily a dharma-ritual rule, it supports bhakti indirectly by emphasizing purity and self-restraint—foundational disciplines that make worship and remembrance of the Divine steady and sincere.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) in the form of prāyaścitta-vidhi—how specific penances like Sāntapana and Prājāpatya are assigned to particular transgressions.