Listen now as I recount the sacred counsel given by the Lord on the means of atonement by which one is cleansed of sin. The Lord declares: To purify oneself, a person should lie in the open air, wearing only a single garment, seated upon kusa grass. Through this discipline, one is freed from all sins and attains the blessed realm of the Lord. The Lord then addresses the Earth, calling her “O fair-hipped one,” and instructs her to hear of an excellent atonement. In that world, a person is born who is wholly devoted to the Lord’s deeds. For such a soul, the Lord proclaims a most powerful atonement: for one day, the person should subsist only on barley and cow’s urine. By this act, he is freed from the cycle of worldly existence and attains the Lord’s own world. Even if a man is foolish and has committed wicked deeds, if he is devoted to the Lord’s actions, the Lord assures that for as many hairs as are present on the body of the Boar—on the Lord’s own form—so many are the benefits and merits gained. The Lord continues, telling the Earth to listen further: as long as this merit remains established in his body, its effects endure. Again, the Lord bids the Earth to listen as he reveals more: if such a person becomes blind, O goddess, he is then born in that state. Yet, he is born into a great, accomplished, and pure family, devoted to the Lord. He is blessed with wealth, virtue, beauty, good character, and purity. By this, being devoted to the Lord’s actions, he is freed from sin. Another atonement is described: for seven days, he should subsist on milk alone. Having performed this penance, O noble one, he attains the world of the Lord. Yet, the Lord also reveals the fault in this path, urging the beautiful one to listen in truth: then, the person becomes of thoroughly pure soul, a true devotee of the Lord—there is no doubt of this. But if an initiated person drinks liquor, there is no expiation for him. However, if he drinks liquor of the color of fire, by that act he is freed from sin. He is not tainted by sin, nor does he return to rebirth. Yet, for such an act, he is cooked in a terrible hell for fifteen years as a boar. After one year, he is purified, devoted to the Lord’s actions, and becomes pure. Hearing these words, the Earth again addresses Hari, saying: “O Lord of the gods, O Master, tell me what atonement there is, and how one may be freed, for a man who uses the Kusumbha branch as a broom.” The Lord replies: such a person is tormented in hell for ten thousand years. But if he has eaten it, he should diligently perform the Cāndrāyaṇa expiation. Whoever performs atonement in this manner—if he, wearing another’s garment, and not a washed one, O Mādhavi, performs the Lord’s rites or touches the Lord while thus situated—O Earth, such a person is born with a defective limb for one birth. For him, too, the Lord declares a powerful atonement: after observing a fast for eight meals, devoted to the Lord’s worship, he should go to a body of water and remain there, calm, self-restrained, and observing vows. When the night has passed and the sun has risen, whoever performs atonement in this way—who, being devoted to the Lord’s rites, does not prepare new rice—such a person is purified and restored. Thus, the Lord lovingly reveals the paths of atonement and the fruits of devotion, guiding all to purity, liberation, and his own blessed world.