Garuda Purana

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.

राज्ञां युद्धेषु यज्ञादौ देशान्तरगतेषु च । बाले प्रेते मासिके च सद्यः शौचं विधीयते ॥ १,२२२.

In royal battles, at sacrifices, when traveling to another country, for a child, for a corpse, or for one who died in a month, purity is prescribed immediately.

अविवाहा तथा कन्या द्विजो मौञ्जीविवर्जितः । जतदन्तश्च बालश्च कुमारी च त्रिवर्षिका ॥ १,२२२.

An unmarried girl, a twice-born without the sacred thread, one with matted hair, a child, and a maiden three years old—

तेषां शुद्धिस्त्रिरात्रेण गर्भस्त्रावे त्रिरात्रिभिः । सूतायां मासतुल्याश्च चतुर्थेऽह्नि रजस्वला ॥ १,२२२.

Their purification occurs in three nights; for miscarriage, in three nights; for a woman in childbirth, equal to a month; for a menstruating woman, on the fourth day.

दुर्भिक्षे राष्ट्रसंपते सूतके मृतकेपि वा । नियमाश्च न दुष्यन्ति दानधर्मपरास्तथा ॥ १,२२२.

During famine, national calamity, birth impurity, or death, the prescribed rules are not violated, nor for those devoted to charity and religious duties.

दक्षिकाले विवाहादौ देवद्विजनिमन्त्रिते । पूर्वसंकल्पिते वापि नाशौचं मृतसूतके ॥ १,२२२.

At the time of sacrifice, marriage, or when invoked by gods or Brahmins, or when previously resolved, there is no impurity from birth or death.

प्रसूतपत्नीसंस्पर्शादशुचिः स्यात्तथा द्विजः । अग्नयो यत्र हूयन्ते वेदो वा यत्र पठ्यते ॥ १,२२२.

By touching a woman who has just given birth, a twice-born becomes impure; wherever fires are offered or the Veda is recited—

सततं वैश्वदेवा दि न तेषां सूतकं भवेत् । अशुद्धे च गृहे भुक्ते त्रिरात्राच्छुध्यति द्विजः ॥ १,२२२.

For those who constantly perform Vaiśvadeva rites, there is no birth impurity; if food is eaten in an impure house, a Brahmin is purified in three nights.

ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रिया वैश्या शूद्रा चैव रजस्वला । अन्योन्यस्पर्शनात्तत्र ब्राह्मणी तु त्रिरात्रतः ॥ १,२२२.

A Brahmin woman, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra who are menstruating, by mutual contact, the Brahmin woman is purified in three nights.

द्विरात्रतः क्षत्रिया च शुद्धा वैश्या ह्युपोषिता । शूद्रा स्नानेन शुध्येत्तु द्रोणार्थं न विसर्जयेत् ॥ १,२२२.

After fasting for two nights, Kṣatriyas become pure, and Vaiśyas by fasting for one night; Śūdras are purified by bathing. For the sake of a measure (droṇa) of water, one should not abandon it.

काकश्वानोपनी तन्तु अन्नं बाह्यन्तु तत्त्यजेत् । सुवर्णाद्भैः समभ्युक्ष्य हुताशे च प्रतापयेत् ॥ १,२२२.

If crows, dogs, or other animals touch food or water from outside, it should be discarded; after sprinkling with gold and purifying with fire, it becomes fit for use.