अध्याय ५२
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे दानधर्मनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५२ ब्रह्मोवाच ।अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं द्विजाः ।ब्रह्महा च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe dānadharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 52 brahmovāca / ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ dvijāḥ / brahmahā ca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीहरिने कहा--हे शिव! सूर्य उदयकालसे मेषादि राशियोंपर अवस्थित रहते हैं। वे दिनमें क्रमशः छः राशियोंको पारकर रात्रिमें शेष छः राशियोंको पार करते हैं।
English
The slayer of a brahmin shall stay in a hut in the forest for twelve years. He shall observe fast, fall from a great precipice, Jump into fire, or drown himself into water. Or he shall cast off his body for the sake of a brahmin or a cow. By giving food to a scholar he can wipe off tlie evils of the slaughter of a brahmin. A brahmin (slayer of another brahmin) becomes free from the sin by bathing at the cere* monial bath after the horse-sacrifice. A renowned place of Igriougc id Rihar, sacred to the Hindus and the Bauddhas alike. Milk, ghee or cow*s urine. A thief stealing gold is freed from that sin if he is struck by the king with a pestle.