Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide
पुल्कसीगमने चैव क्रच्छ्रं चान्द्रायणं चरेत् / नटीं शैलूषकीं चैव रजकीं वेणुजीविनीम् / गत्वा चान्द्रायणं कुर्यात् तथा चर्मोपजीविनीम्
pulkasīgamane caiva kracchraṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / naṭīṃ śailūṣakīṃ caiva rajakīṃ veṇujīvinīm / gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryāt tathā carmopajīvinīm
پلکاسی عورت کے ساتھ تعلقات قائم کرنے پر کرچھرا اور چندرائن ورت رکھنا چاہیے۔ اسی طرح رقاصہ، اداکارہ، دھوبن، بانس کا کام کرنے والی یا چمڑے کا کام کرنے والی عورت کے پاس جانے پر چندرائن کفارہ ادا کرنا چاہیے۔
Vyasa (narrating dharma/prāyaścitta instruction within the Purāṇic discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
This verse does not teach Ātman-doctrine directly; it focuses on dharma and prāyaścitta—purifying conduct through disciplined vows (vrata) so the mind becomes fit for higher knowledge taught elsewhere in the Purāṇa.
No meditative yoga is prescribed here; the practice emphasized is tapas in the form of Kr̥cchra and Cāndrāyaṇa (graded fasting and restraint), which function as ethical-ascetic disciplines supporting inner purification.
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity explicitly; it belongs to the Purva-bhāga’s dharma section. The synthesis becomes explicit in later Upari-bhāga teachings (including the Īśvara-gītā), where devotion and yoga are framed in a unified theistic vision.