Linga Purana

पण्यं प्रसारितं चैव वर्णाश्रमविभागशः शुचिराकरजं तेषां श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः

Merchandise that has been displayed, according to the divisions of caste and stage of life, is pure if it comes from the mine; a dog is pure when catching wild animals.

छाया च विप्लुषो विप्रा मक्षिकाद्या द्विजोत्तमाः रजो भूर् वायुर् अग्निश् च मेध्यानि स्पर्शने सदा

O best of twice-born, shadow, dew, flies and the like, dust, earth, wind, and fire are always pure to the touch.

सुप्त्वा भुक्त्वा च वै विप्राः क्षुत्त्वा पीत्वा च वै तथा ष्ठीवित्वाध्ययनादौ च शुचिरप्याचमेत्पुनः

After sleeping, eating, sneezing, drinking, spitting, or studying, even if already pure, a Brāhmaṇa should perform ācamana again.

पादौ स्पृशन्ति ये चापि पराचमनबिन्दवः ते पार्थिवैः समा ज्ञेया न तैरप्रयतो भवेत्

Drops of water that touch the feet or fall outside during ācamana are considered as earth and should not be used by one who is not attentive.

कृत्वा च मैथुनं स्पृष्ट्वा पतितं कुक्कुटादिकम् सूकरं चैव काकादि श्वानमुष्ट्रं खरं तथा

After sexual intercourse, or touching a fallen person, a rooster, pig, crow, dog, camel, or donkey, one becomes purified by bathing.

यूपं चाण्डालकाद्यांश् च स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानेन शुध्यति रजस्वलां सूतिकां च न स्पृशेदन्त्यजामपि

Touching a sacrificial post or outcastes such as a Caṇḍāla is purified by bathing; one should not touch a menstruating woman, a woman in childbirth, or even an outcaste.

सूतिकाशौचसंयुक्तः शावाशौचसमन्वितः संस्पृशेन्न रजस्तासां स्पृष्ट्वा स्नात्वैव शुध्यति

One who is associated with the impurity of childbirth or death should not touch menstruating women; if touched, one is purified only by bathing.

नैवाशौचं यतीनां च वनस्थब्रह्मचारिणाम् नैष्ठिकानां नृपाणां च मण्डलीनां च सुव्रताः

There is no impurity for ascetics, forest-dwellers, celibates, those devoted to lifelong vows, kings, or those who move in groups and are of good conduct.

ततः कार्यविरोधाद्धि नृपाणां नान्यथा भवेत् वैखानसानां विप्राणां पतितानामसंभवात्

Therefore, due to the conflict with their duties, impurity does not apply to kings; nor to Vaikhānasa Brāhmaṇas, because fallen persons do not occur among them.

असंचयाद् द्विजानां च स्नानमात्रेण नान्यथा तथा संनिहितानां च यज्ञार्थं दीक्षितस्य च

For twice-borns, purification is achieved merely by bathing, without accumulation, and likewise for those present for a sacrifice, and for the initiated.

एकाहाद् यज्ञयाजिनां शुद्धिरुक्ता स्वयंभुवा ततस्त्वधीतशाखानां चतुर्भिः सर्वदेहिनाम्

Purification for those who perform a one-day sacrifice is declared by Svayambhu; then, for those who have studied four branches, it applies to all embodied beings.

सूतकं प्रेतकं नास्ति त्र्यहाद् ऊर्ध्वम् अमुत्र वै अर्वाग् एकादशाहान्तं बान्धवानां द्विजोत्तमाः

There is no impurity from birth or death after three days in the other world; here, O best of twice-borns, it lasts up to eleven days for relatives.

स्नानमात्रेण वै शुद्धिर् मरणे समुपस्थिते तत ऋतुत्रयादर्वाग् एकाहः परिगीयते

Purification at the time of death is achieved merely by bathing; after three seasons, one day is prescribed.

सप्तवर्षात् ततश्चार्वाक् त्रिरात्रं हि ततः परम् दशाहं ब्राह्मणानां वै प्रथमे ऽहनि वा पितुः

After seven years, then three nights; thereafter, ten days for Brahmins, or on the first day for the father.

दशाहं सूतिकाशौचं मातुरप्येवमव्ययाः अर्वाक् त्रिवर्षात्स्नानेन बान्धवानां पितुः सदा

Ten days is the impurity for childbirth, likewise for the mother; after three years, relatives of the father are purified by bathing.

अष्टाब्दाद् एकरात्रेण शुद्धिः स्याद् बान्धवस्य तु द्वादशाब्दात्ततश्चार्वाक् त्रिरात्रं स्त्रीषु सुव्रताः

After eight years, purification for a relative occurs in one night; after twelve years, O virtuous ones, three nights for women.

सपिण्डता च पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते अतिक्रान्ते दशाहे तु त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्

Relationship by offering the same oblations ceases in the seventh year; after ten days have passed, impurity lasts for three nights.

ततः संनिहितो विप्रश् चार्वाक् पूर्वं तदेव वै संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स्नानमात्रेण शुध्यति

Then, for one who is present, O Brahmin, as before; after a year has passed, purification is achieved merely by bathing.

स्पृष्ट्वा प्रेतं त्रिरात्रेण धर्मार्थं स्नानमुच्यते दाहकानां च नेतॄणां स्नानमात्रमबान्धवे

After touching a corpse, purification is prescribed by bathing after three nights for the sake of righteousness; for those who burn or carry the dead, mere bathing suffices for non-relatives.

अनुगम्य च वै स्नात्वा घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति आचार्यमरणे चैव त्रिरात्रं श्रोत्रिये मृते

After following the deceased, one is purified by bathing and eating ghee; for the death of a teacher, three nights, and likewise when a Vedic scholar dies.

पक्षिणी मातुलानां च सोदराणां च वा द्विजाः भूपानां मण्डलीनां च सद्यो नीराष्ट्रवासिनाम्

For maternal uncles, brothers, and twice-borns; for kings and their retinues, and those living outside the territory, purification is immediate.

केवलं द्वादशाहेन क्षत्त्रियाणां द्विजोत्तमाः नाभिषिक्तस्य चाशौचं संप्रमादेषु वै रणे

O best of twice-borns, for Kshatriyas, impurity lasts only twelve days; for one not anointed, impurity applies in cases of error or in battle.

वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्ता द्रव्यशुद्धिरनुत्तमा

A Vaishya is purified in fifteen days, a Shudra in a month; thus, the supreme purification of substances is briefly stated.

अशौचं चानुपूर्व्येण यतीनां नैव विद्यते त्रेताप्रभृति नारीणां मासि मास्यार्तवं द्विजाः

There is no impurity in succession for ascetics; from the Treta age onward, O twice-borns, women have monthly impurity during menstruation.

कृते सकृद् युगवशाज् जायन्ते वै सहैव तु प्रयान्ति च महाभागा भार्याभिः कुरवो यथा

In the Krita age, they are born together according to the yuga, and depart together, O great ones, with their wives, as the Kurus did.

वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्था च त्रेताप्रभृति सुव्रताः भारते दक्षिणे वर्षे व्यवस्था नेतरेष्वथ

O virtuous ones, the system of varna and ashrama has existed from the Treta age onward in Bharata, the southern land, but not in other regions.

महावीते सुवीते च जंबूद्वीपे तथाष्टसु शाकद्वीपादिषु प्रोक्तो धर्मो वै भारते यथा

In Mahavita, Suvita, Jambudvipa, and the eight regions such as Shakadvipa, the dharma is declared as it is in Bharata.

रसोल्लासा कृते वृत्तिस् त्रेतायां गृहवृक्षजा सैवार्तवकृताद् दोषाद् रागद्वेषादिभिर् नृणाम्

In the Kṛta age, sustenance arose from the essence; in the Tretā, it came from trees grown at home. Due to the fault of unseasonal harvest, and because of passion, hatred, and such among people, this changed.

मैथुनात्कामतो विप्रास् तथैव परुषादिभिः यवाद्याः सम्प्रजायन्ते ग्राम्यारण्याश्चतुर्दश

From sexual union out of desire, O Brāhmaṇas, and likewise from harshness and similar acts, barley and other grains are produced, both cultivated and wild, fourteen in number.