Shloka 52
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide
अभ्रीं कार्ष्णायसीं दद्यात् सर्पं हत्वा द्विजोत्तमः / पलालभारं षण्डं च सैसकं चैकमाषकम्
abhrīṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ dadyāt sarpaṃ hatvā dvijottamaḥ / palālabhāraṃ ṣaṇḍaṃ ca saisakaṃ caikamāṣakam
పామును చంపినచో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన ద్విజుడు ఇనుప పార, గడ్డి మోపు, ఒక ఎద్దు మరియు ఒక మాషకము సీసము దానము చేయవలెను.
Purāṇic narrator (instructional dharma passage on prāyaścitta)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-śāstric (prāyaścitta) rather than metaphysical; it teaches ethical accountability for harm (hiṃsā) through corrective giving (dāna), which supports inner purification conducive to Self-knowledge.
No direct yoga technique is stated; the implied discipline is moral purification through prāyaścitta—reducing guilt and agitation (citta-kṣobha) so that later śaiva-vaiṣṇava contemplative practices can be undertaken with steadiness.
The verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis indirectly by grounding spiritual life in dharma (non-harm and expiation), a shared ethical foundation across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths in the Kūrma tradition.