Agni Purana — Dharma-shastra, Shloka 16
प्रायश्चित्तानि (Expiations) — Association-Impurity, Purification Rites, and Graded Penance
कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं कुर्वीत विप्रस्योत्पाद्य शोणितं न युज्येतेति ख कृच्छ्रैर् विशुद्ध्यति इति ग , घ , ङ च नरोष्टविड्वराहैश्चेति ङ क्रूङ्कारमिति ख , घ , छ च ओङ्कारमिति ग , ङ च हङ्कारञ्चेति ख चाण्डालादिरविज्ञातो यस्य तिष्ठेत वेश्मनि
kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ kurvīta viprasyotpādya śoṇitaṃ na yujyeteti kha kṛcchrair viśuddhyati iti ga , gha , ṅa ca naroṣṭaviḍvarāhaiśceti ṅa krūṅkāramiti kha , gha , cha ca oṅkāramiti ga , ṅa ca haṅkārañceti kha cāṇḍālādiravijñāto yasya tiṣṭheta veśmani
ຖ້າເຮັດໃຫ້ເລືອດຂອງພຣາຫມັນໄຫຼ ຄວນປະຕິບັດພິທີບຳເນັດ «kṛcchrātikṛcchra» ອັນເຂັ້ມງວດກວ່າ kṛcchra. (ບາງສຳນວນເພີ່ມວ່າ «ບໍ່ຄວນ/ບໍ່ອະນຸຍາດ»; ບາງສຳນວນອ່ານວ່າ «ບໍລິສຸດໂດຍບຳເນັດ kṛcchra». ) (ບາງສຳນວນກ່າວເຖິງອະສຸຈິທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບມະນຸດ ອູດ ໝູ ແລະໝູປ່າ.) ບາງຕົ້ນສະບັບກຳນົດຄຳສະທ້ອນຊຳລະເຊັ່ນ «krūṅ», «oṃ», «haṃ». ຖ້າຄົນນອກວັນນະທີ່ບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກ (ເຊັ່ນ caṇḍāla) ພັກຢູ່ໃນເຮືອນ ຕ້ອງກະທຳການຊຳລະ/ບຳເນັດເພື່ອຄວາມບໍລິສຸດ.
Lord Agni (Agni Purana’s primary narrator) to the sage Vasiṣṭha (traditional frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Prayashchitta","practical_application":"Determining expiation and household purification when brahmin-bloodshed occurs or when an unknown outcaste stays in one’s home; includes recitational/utterance-based purificatory adjuncts per recension.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Kṛcchrātikṛcchra for causing a brāhmaṇa’s blood to flow; śuddhi for unknown caṇḍāla lodging","lookup_keywords":["kṛcchrātikṛcchra","brāhmaṇa-śoṇita","caṇḍāla-āvāsa","śuddhi","prāyaścitta-ucchāraṇa"],"quick_summary":"Blood-injury to a brāhmaṇa is expiated by the severe kṛcchrātikṛcchra penance; if an unknown outcaste resides in a house, a purificatory remedy is required, with some recensions adding specific expiatory syllables."}
Concept: Doṣa–śuddhi sambandha: grave transgression requires proportionate expiation; social/ritual impurity is managed through prescribed penance and purification.
Application: Use graded penances (kṛcchra-variants) and household śauca measures to restore ritual eligibility and social order.
Khanda Section: Prāyaścitta & Śuddhi-vidhi (Expiations and Purificatory Rites)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A householder learns from a dharma-teacher about severe kṛcchra penance after a brahmin’s blood is shed; at the threshold, purification is indicated, with syllabic utterances (krūṅ/oṃ/haṃ) shown as written seed-sounds; an unknown caṇḍāla figure is depicted at the edge of the household space.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, interior of a traditional house with lamp-lit doorway, a learned brāhmaṇa instructing a penitent householder, seed-syllables ‘krūṅ oṃ haṃ’ inscribed in stylized script, restrained earth reds and greens, ritual purity theme, flat iconic composition","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central seated guru-brāhmaṇa with ornate halo, penitent with folded hands, doorway threshold emphasized, gold-leaf detailing on ritual vessels and script panel showing ‘oṃ haṃ’, rich maroons and greens, devotional-dharma mood","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional tableau: teacher pointing to a palm-leaf text labeled kṛcchrātikṛcchra, small vignette of threshold purification, clear linework, soft shading, minimal background architecture, legible seed-syllables","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, domestic courtyard scene with precise architecture, a scholar explaining penance, marginal note cartouche with ‘krūṅ / oṃ / haṃ’, an outsider figure at the gate, delicate textiles, naturalistic faces, fine brushwork"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"austere","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विप्रस्योत्पाद्य = विप्रस्य + उत्पाद्य; कृच्छ्रैर् विशुद्ध्यति = कृच्छ्रैः + विशुद्ध्यति (रेफ-सन्धि); नरोष्टविड्वराहैः = नर + उष्ट + विड् + वराहैः (द्वन्द्व); हङ्कारञ्च = हङ्कारम् + च; चाण्डालादिः = चाण्डाल + आदिः; वेश्मनि (loc. of वेश्मन्). Editorial markers (ख/ग/घ/ङ/छ) treated as non-lexical and excluded.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 170 (Prāyaścitta & Śuddhi-vidhi context); Agni Purana sections on kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa, parāka (adjacent verses)
FAQs
It prescribes prāyaścitta: a severe kṛcchra-type austerity (kṛcchrātikṛcchra) as expiation for causing a brāhmaṇa’s blood to be shed, and indicates household purification concerns when an unknown outcaste resides in one’s home.
It exemplifies the Agni Purana’s dharma-practical sections by cataloging specific sins/impurities and their corresponding remedies (graded penances, purity rules, and even variant mantric utterances), functioning like a ritual-legal reference manual.
Bloodshed—especially involving a brāhmaṇa—is treated as a grave impurity generating heavy demerit; prescribed penance aims to neutralize that karmic burden, restore ritual purity, and re-establish social-religious order within the household and community.