Shloka 46
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide
संवत्सरं व्रतं कुर्याच्छूद्रं हत्वा प्रमादतः / गोसहस्रार्धपादं च दद्यात् तत्पापशान्तये
saṃvatsaraṃ vrataṃ kuryācchūdraṃ hatvā pramādataḥ / gosahasrārdhapādaṃ ca dadyāt tatpāpaśāntaye
اگر غفلت کے باعث کسی شودر کا قتل ہو جائے تو ایک سال تک پرایَشچت کا ورت کرے؛ اور اس گناہ کی شانتی کے لیے آدھا ہزار (پانچ سو) گایوں کا دان دے۔
Traditional narrator (Purāṇic discourse) prescribing dharma and prāyaścitta; commonly framed as instruction within the Kurma Purana’s dialogue setting
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It does not directly define Ātman; it emphasizes dharmic accountability and purification—ethical discipline (śuddhi) is treated as a prerequisite for higher spiritual realization taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
No specific meditation technique is given; the verse highlights vrata (disciplined observance) and dāna (purifying charity) as practical means of inner and social purification that support the broader yogic path (including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and self-control) in the text.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; it focuses on dharma and expiation, themes that the Kurma Purana integrates across its Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by presenting moral purification as foundational to devotion and yoga.