पठिता सप्तमी या च पुरश्चरणसंज्ञिता । पुरश्चरणतः पापं विहितं तु यथा व्रजेत्
paṭhitā saptamī yā ca puraścaraṇasaṃjñitā | puraścaraṇataḥ pāpaṃ vihitaṃ tu yathā vrajet
‘புரஸ்சரணம்’ என அழைக்கப்படும் அந்த சப்தமி ஜபத்துடன் பாராயணம் செய்யப்படுகிறது; அந்த புரஸ்சரணத்தால் சாஸ்திர விதிப்படி கூறியபடியே பாபம் நீங்கும்।
Caṇḍaśarman (continuing)
Scene: Night-to-dawn Saptamī observance: a practitioner seated on kuśa grass, reciting from palm leaves, with a small altar, lamp, and offerings; a symbolic dark cloud (pāpa) disperses as light rises.
Purāṇic dharma teaches that specific vrata-days, when performed as prescribed, function as powerful instruments of purification.
The verse highlights a vrata (Puraścaraṇa Saptamī) rather than naming a site; it operates within the tīrtha-oriented frame of the chapter.
Observance/recitation of the ‘Puraścaraṇa’ Saptamī is presented as a means by which sin departs according to prescription.
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