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 Sanscript

स्त्रीधनान्युपजीवंति 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 Sanscript

कालागताप्रदानं 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 Sanscript

विषमारण्यपत्राणां 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 Sanscript

जिह्वाकामोपभोगार्थं 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