Shiva Purana
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यज्ञारामतडागानां दारापत्यस्य विक्रयम् ॥ तीर्थयात्रोपवासानां व्रतोपनयकर्म्मिणाम् ॥ ६ ॥
Selling of sacrificial parks and ponds, wives and children, pilgrimages and fasts, sacred rites and investiture with sacred thread.
english translation
yajJArAmataDAgAnAM dArApatyasya vikrayam ॥ tIrthayAtropavAsAnAM vratopanayakarmmiNAm ॥ 6 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptस्त्रीधनान्युपजीवंति स्त्रीभिरप्यन्तनिर्जिताः ॥ अरक्षणं च नारीणां मायया स्त्रीनिषेवणम् ॥ ७ ॥
Dependence on dowry, servitude to women, nonprotection of the womenfolk, carrying on affairs with women through fraudulent means.
english translation
strIdhanAnyupajIvaMti strIbhirapyantanirjitAH ॥ arakSaNaM ca nArINAM mAyayA strIniSevaNam ॥ 7 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकालागताप्रदानं च धान्यवृद्ध्युपसेवनम् ॥ निंदिताच्च धनादानं पण्यानां कूट जीवनम् ॥ ८ ॥
Non-return of time-barred debts, taking grain as interest, acceptance of monetary gift from a despicable person, deceitful life through merchandise.
english translation
kAlAgatApradAnaM ca dhAnyavRddhyupasevanam ॥ niMditAcca dhanAdAnaM paNyAnAM kUTa jIvanam ॥ 8 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptविषमारण्यपत्राणां सततं वृषवाहनम् ॥ उच्चाटनाभिचारं च धान्यादानं भिषक्क्रिया ॥ ९॥
Using bullock constantly as a vehicle through wild jungles, Uccātana (exorcising) and Abhicāra (black magic) acceptance of grains as gift, working as a physician.
english translation
viSamAraNyapatrANAM satataM vRSavAhanam ॥ uccATanAbhicAraM ca dhAnyAdAnaM bhiSakkriyA ॥ 9॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptजिह्वाकामोपभोगार्थं यस्यारंभः सुकर्मसु ॥ मूलेनख्यापको नित्यं वेदज्ञानादिकं च यत् ॥ १०॥
Engagement in sacred rites to satisfy the palate or the sexual urge, teaching only the text of the Vedas (not the meaning).
english translation
jihvAkAmopabhogArthaM yasyAraMbhaH sukarmasu ॥ mUlenakhyApako nityaM vedajJAnAdikaM ca yat ॥ 10॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript