Kurma Purana

कपोतं टिट्टिभं चैव ग्रामकुक्कुटमेव च

Nor should one eat the pigeon, the lapwing, or the village rooster.

शृगालं मर्कटं चैव गर्दभं च न भक्षयेत्

One should not eat the jackal, the monkey, or the donkey.

जलेचरान् स्थलचरान् प्राणिनश्चेति धारणा

This is the rule regarding creatures living in water and on land.

भक्ष्याः पञ्चनखा नित्यं मनुराह प्रिजापतिः

Manu, the lord of creatures, said that five-clawed animals are always fit to be eaten.

निवेद्य देवताभ्यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु नान्यथा

But only after offering them to the deities and to the Brahmins, and not otherwise.

वाध्रीणसं बकं भक्ष्यं मीनहंसपराजिताः

The vādhrīṇa bird, the crane, and the fish-eating goose are to be eaten, having been defeated.

मत्स्याश्चैते समुद्दिष्टा भक्षणाय द्विजोत्तमाः

These fish, O best of twice-born, are declared as fit for eating.

यथाविधि नियुक्तं च प्राणानामपि चात्यये

According to prescribed rule, even at the peril of life, it is permitted.

औषधार्थमशक्तौ वा नियोगाद् यज्ञकारणात्

For medicinal purposes, or when unable, or by command, or for the sake of sacrifice.

यावन्ति पशुरोमाणि तावतो नरकान् व्रजेत्

For as many hairs as are on the animal, so many hells does one enter.

द्विजातीनामनालोक्यं नित्यं मद्यमिति स्थितिः

For twice-born, intoxicating drink is always to be avoided—this is the rule.

पीत्वा पतति कर्मभ्यस्त्वसंभाष्यो भवेद् द्विजः

Having drunk, he falls from his duties and becomes unfit for association, O twice-born.

नाधिकारी भवेत् तावद् यावद् तन्न जहात्यधः

He is not qualified so long as he does not completely abandon that below.

अपेयानि च विप्रो वै तथा चेद् याति रौरवम्

If a Brāhmaṇa drinks what is forbidden, he goes to Raurava hell.

तदाचक्ष्वाखिलं कर्म येन मुच्येत बन्धनात्

Now tell in full the actions by which one is released from bondage.

अहन्यहनि कर्तव्यं ब्राह्मणानां क्रमाद् विधिम्

Day by day, the prescribed duties are to be performed by Brāhmaṇas in order.

कायक्लेशं तदुद्भूतं ध्यायीत मनसेश्वरम्

He should contemplate the Lord of the mind, born from the hardship of bodily effort.

स्नायान्नदीषु सुद्धासु शौचं कृत्वा यथाविधि

He should bathe in pure rivers, having performed purification according to rule.

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन प्रातः स्नानं समाचरेत्

Therefore, with all effort, one should perform the morning bath.

ऋषीणामृषिता नित्यं प्रातः स्नानान्न संशयः

The sages are always pleased by the morning bath, without doubt.

ततो नैवाचरेत् कर्म अकृत्वा स्नानमादितः

Therefore, one should not perform any act without first bathing.

प्रातः स्नानेन पापानि पूयन्ते नात्र संशयः

By the morning bath, sins are washed away—of this there is no doubt.

होमे जप्ये विशेषेण तस्मात् स्नानं समाचरेत्

Especially for sacrifice and recitation, therefore, one should perform the bath.

आर्द्रेण वाससा वाथ मार्जनं कापिलं स्मृतम्

Cleansing oneself with a wet garment is known as the Kāpilika purification.

ब्राह्मादीनि यथाशक्तौ स्नानान्याहुर्मनीषिणः

The wise declare that one should perform the Brāhma and other types of bathing according to one's ability.

वारुणं यौगिकं तद्वत् षोढा स्नानं प्रकीर्तितम्

Similarly, the Vāruṇa and Yogic baths are also described as sixfold forms of bathing.

आग्नेयं भस्मना पादमस्तकाद्देहधूलनम्

The Āgneya bath is the cleansing of the body from feet to head with ashes.

यत्तु सातपवर्षेण स्नानं तद् दिव्यमुच्यते

Bathing by exposure to sunlight and rain is called the divine bath.

यौगिकं स्नानमाख्यातं योगो विष्णुविचिन्तनम्

The Yogic bath is said to be the meditation upon Viṣṇu.