गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधिसर्पिः कुशोदकम् । एकरात्रोपवासश्च कृच्छ्रः सांतपनः स्मृतः
gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhisarpiḥ kuśodakam | ekarātropavāsaśca kṛcchraḥ sāṃtapanaḥ smṛtaḥ
Kuhurin, Kuhdung, Milch, Dickmilch, Ghee und mit Kuśa-Gras versetztes Wasser — zusammen mit einem Fasten für eine Nacht — diese Bußübung heißt Sāṃtapana-kṛcchra.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual setting with kuśa grass, a small vessel of kuśodaka, and measured portions of cow-derived purifiers; the practitioner observes a night fast near a ghat-side shrine.
Ritual purity is reinforced through restrained living and symbolic purification, aligning the practitioner back to dharma.
The instruction occurs within Kāśī’s sacred teaching context (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), where expiations are presented as aids to liberation-oriented life.
Sāṃtapana kṛcchra: intake of specified purifying substances (gomūtra, gomaya, milk, curd, ghee, kuśa-water) plus a one-night fast.