Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
त्रीणि वारान्स्पृशेत्तत्र शिरो ब्रह्मणि संस्थितः ॥ त्रीणि वारान्पुनस्तत्र उभे ते कर्णनासिके ॥
trīṇi vārān spṛśet tatra śiro brahmaṇi saṃsthitaḥ | trīṇi vārān punas tatra ubhe te karṇanāsike ||
वहाँ जाके भगवान को याद करते हुए सर को तीन बार छूओ। फिर दोनों कान और नाक को भी तीन बार छूओ।
Varāha (implied response to Dharaṇī’s question)
It preserves a concrete sequence of bodily gestures used for ritual purification, valuable for reconstructing lived practice and its textual codification.
No location is stated; the verse is procedural.
Ritual discipline is enacted through precise, repeatable actions intended to restore or maintain purity.
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