Garuda Purana

अहोरात्रेण शुध्येत पिबेद्यदि न वार्युत । पीतशेषन्तु यत्तोयं वामहस्तेन मद्यवत् ॥ १,२२२.

He is purified in a day and night, whether or not he drinks water; and whatever water remains after drinking, if touched with the left hand, is like liquor.

चर्ममध्यगतं तोयमशुचि स्यान्न तत्पिबेत् । अन्त्यजातिरविज्ञातो निवसेद्यस्य वेश्मनि ॥ १,२२२.

Water that has passed through leather is impure; one should not drink it. If a person of the lowest caste, or an unknown individual, resides in a house, it is to be avoided.

चान्द्रायणं पराकं वा द्विजातीनां विशोधनम् । प्राजापत्यन्तु शूद्रस्य पश्चाज्ज्ञाते तथापरे ॥ १,२२२.

For purification among the twice-born, the observances of Cāndrāyaṇa or Parāka are prescribed; for a Śūdra, the Prājāpatya penance is recommended, and for others, different rites after the matter is known.

यस्तत्र भुङ्क्ते पक्वान्नं कृच्छ्रार्धं तस्य दापयेत् । तेषामपि च यो भुङ्क्ते कृच्छ्रपादो विधीयते ॥ १,२२२.

Whoever eats cooked food in such circumstances must perform half a Kṛcchra penance; and if one eats their food, a quarter Kṛcchra is prescribed.

रजकानाञ्च शैलू षवेणुचर्मोपजीविनाम् । एतदन्नञ्च यो भुङ्क्ते द्विजश्चान्द्रायणं चरेत् ॥ १,२२२.

If a twice-born eats food prepared by washermen, hunters, bamboo-workers, or leather-workers, he must undertake the Cāndrāyaṇa penance.

चाण्डालकूपभाण्डेषु अज्ञानाच्चेत्पिबेज्जलम् । कुर्यात्सान्तपनं विप्रस्तदर्धञ्च विशः स्मृतम् ॥ १,२२२.

If, out of ignorance, water is drunk from the vessels of a Cāṇḍāla, purification for a Brāhmaṇa is the Sāntapana penance, and for a Vaiśya, half of that is considered proper.

पादं शूद्रस्य दातव्यमज्ञानादन्त्यवेश्मनि । प्रायश्चित्तं त्रिकृच्छ्रं स्यात्पराकमन्त्यजागतौ ॥ १,२२२.

For a Śūdra, a quarter penance is to be given if, out of ignorance, he stays in the house of an outcaste; the prescribed atonement is three Kṛcchra penances, and Parāka for the outcaste.

अन्त्यजोच्छिष्टभुक्च्छुध्येद्द्विजश्चान्द्रायणेन च । चाण्डालन्नं यदा भुङ्क्ते प्रमादादैन्दवञ्चरेत् ॥ १,२२२.

A twice-born who eats leftovers from an outcaste is purified by Cāndrāyaṇa; if he eats food of a Cāṇḍāla by mistake, he must perform the Aindava penance.

क्षत्त्रजातिः सान्तपनं षड्द्विरात्रं परे तथा । एकवृक्ष तु चण्डालः प्रमादाद्ब्राह्मणो यदि । फलं भक्षयते तत्र अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.

A Kṣatriya must perform the Sāntapana penance for six days; likewise, others. If a Brāhmaṇa, by mistake, eats fruit from a tree belonging to a Cāṇḍāla, he is purified in one day and night.

भुक्त्वोपविष्टोऽनाचान्तश्चण्डालं यदि संस्पृशेत् । गायत्त्र्यष्टसहस्रन्तु द्रुपदां वा शतं जपेत् ॥ १,२२२.

If, after eating, one sits without rinsing and touches a Cāṇḍāla, he should recite the Gāyatrī eight thousand times, or the Drupadā hymn one hundred times.

चाण्डालश्वपचैर्वापि विण्मूत्रे तु कृते द्विजाः । प्रायश्चित्तं त्रिरात्रं स्यात्पराकश्चान्त्यजागतौ ॥ १,२२२.

If twice-born persons come into contact with feces or urine from Cāṇḍālas or dog-eaters, the prescribed atonement is three days, and Parāka for the outcaste.

अकामतः स्त्रियो गत्वा पराकस्तत्र साधकः । अन्त्यजातिप्रसूतस्य प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते ॥ १,२२२.

If a woman, without desire, goes to an outcaste, Parāka is the proper penance; but for one born of an outcaste, no atonement is prescribed.

मद्यादिदुष्टभाण्डेषु यादपः पिबति द्विजः । कृच्छ्रपादेन शुध्येद्वै पुनः संस्कारकर्मणा ॥ १,२२२.

If a twice-born drinks water from a vessel defiled by liquor or similar, he is purified by a quarter Kṛcchra penance, and then by the proper rites.

ये प्रत्यवसिता विप्रा वज्राग्निपवनादिषु । अन्नपानादि संगृह्य चिकीर्षन्ति गृहान्तरम् ॥ १,२२२.

Those Brāhmaṇas who have committed offences involving thunderbolt, fire, wind, or similar, and wish to enter another household after taking food or drink, must observe the prescribed rites.

चारयेत्त्रीणि कृच्छाणि त्रीणि चान्द्रायणानि वै । जातकर्मादिसंस्कारं वसिष्ठो मुनिरब्रवीत् ॥ १,२२२.

One should perform three Kṛcchra penances and three Cāndrāyaṇa penances; Vasiṣṭha the sage declared this for rites such as birth ceremonies and other sacraments.

प्राजापत्यादिभिर्द्रष्टा स्त्री शुध्येत्तु द्विभोजनात् । उच्छिष्टोच्छिष्टसंस्पृष्टंशुना शूद्रेण वा द्विजः ॥ १,२२२.

A woman is purified by two meals after performing Prājāpatya and other penances; if a twice-born is touched by leftovers, or by a dog, or by a Śūdra, purification is required.

उपोष्य रजनीमेकां पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति । वर्णबाह्येन संस्पृष्टः पञ्चरात्रेण वै तदा ॥ १,२२२.

By fasting for one night, one is purified with pañcagavya; if touched by an outcaste, purification is achieved in five nights.

अदुष्टाः सन्तता धाराः वातोद्धूताश्च रेणवः । स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च न दुष्यन्ति कदाचन ॥ १,२२२.

Continuous streams of water that are not defiled, dust blown by wind, women, children, and the elderly are never considered impure.

नित्यमास्यं शुचि स्त्रीणां शकुन्तैः पातितं फलम् । प्रस्त्रवे च शुचिर्वत्सः श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः ॥ १,२२२.

The mouths of women are always pure; fruit dropped by birds is pure; a calf is pure when suckling, and a dog is pure when catching prey.

उदके चोदकस्थं तु स्थलेषु स्थलजं शुचि । पादौ स्थाप्यौ च तत्रैव आचान्तः शुचितामियात् ॥ १,२२२.

In water, one should use objects produced in water; on land, objects produced on land, if pure. The feet should be placed there itself, and after rinsing the mouth, one attains purity.

शुध्येत्तद्भस्मना कांस्यं सुरया यन्न लिप्यते । मूत्रेण सुरया मिश्रं तपनैः खलु शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.

Bronze vessels not smeared with liquor are purified with ashes; those mixed with urine and liquor are indeed purified by heating.

गवाघ्रातानि कांस्यानि शूद्रोच्छिष्टानि यानि च । काकश्वापहतान्येव शुध्यन्ति दश भस्मना ॥ १,२२२.

Bronze vessels sniffed by cows, or defiled by outcastes, and those touched by crows or dogs, are purified by ten applications of ashes.

शूद्रभाजनभोक्ता यः पञ्चगव्यं त्र्युपोषितः । उच्छिष्टं स्पृशते विप्रः श्वसूद्रश्चापराधिकः ॥ १,२२२.

A person who eats from a Śūdra's vessel, who has observed three fasts and taken pañcagavya, if a Brahmin touches leftovers, he becomes like a dog or Śūdra, guilty of transgression.

उपोषितः पञ्चगव्याच्छुध्येत्स्पृष्ट्वा रजस्वलाम् । अनुदकेषु देशेषु चोरव्याघ्राकुले पथि ॥ १,२२२.

One who has fasted and taken pañcagavya becomes pure after touching a menstruating woman, or in places without water, or on roads infested by thieves or tigers.

कृत्वा मूत्रपुरीषन्तु द्रव्यहस्तो न दुष्यति । भूमौनिः क्षैप्य तद्द्रव्यं शौचं कृत्वा समाहितः ॥ १,२२२.

After passing urine or feces, the hand holding an object is not defiled; one should place the object on the ground, purify oneself, and then take it up with concentration.

आरनालं दधि क्षीरं तक्रन्तु कृसरञ्च यत् । शूद्रादपि च तद्गाह्यं मांसं मधु तथान्त्यजात् ॥ १,२२२.

Buttermilk, curd, milk, whey, cooked rice, and whatever else, even if taken from a Śūdra, as well as meat and honey from the lowest caste, may be accepted.

गौडीं पैष्टीञ्च माध्वीकं विप्रादिर्यः सुरां पिबेत् । सुरां पिबन्द्विजः शुध्येदग्निवर्णां सुरां पिबन् ॥ १,२२२.

Whoever drinks surā made from jaggery, flour, or honey, even a Brahmin, becomes pure by drinking surā of the color of fire.

विप्रः पञ्चशतं जप्यं गायत्र्याः क्षत्रियस्य च शतं विप्रश्च भुक्त्वान्नं पानपात्रेण सूतके ॥ १,२२२.

A Brahmin should recite five hundred times the Gāyatrī, a Kṣatriya one hundred times; and a Brahmin who has eaten food with a vessel during birth impurity.

शुचिर्विप्रो दशाहेन क्षत्त्रियो द्वादशाहतः । वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति ॥ १,२२२.

A Brahmin becomes pure in ten days, a Kṣatriya in twelve days, a Vaiśya in fifteen days, and a Śūdra in a month.