षण्ढं तु ब्राह्मणं हत्वा शूद्रहत्याव्रतं चरेत् । बहूनामेककार्याणां सर्वेषां शस्त्रधारिणाम्
ṣaṇḍhaṃ tu brāhmaṇaṃ hatvā śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret | bahūnāmekakāryāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śastradhāriṇām
नपुंसक ब्राह्मणाची हत्या केल्यास शूद्रहत्येचे प्रायश्चित्त करावे. एकाच कार्यात गुंतलेल्या अनेक शस्त्रधाऱ्यांमध्ये...
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary tableau: armed men engaged in a joint violent act; a dharma-teacher points to a palm-leaf text indicating shared culpability; in a contrasting panel, penitents perform austerity and offer dāna at a tīrtha.
Actions carry graded consequences, and dharma-text style expiations are prescribed; collective wrongdoing can create collective accountability.
The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, whose later verses highlight the purifying Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa.
The verse prescribes a specific ‘vrata’ (expiatory observance) aligned with śūdra-hatyā for this case.