Shiva Purana

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नाश्नीयाज्जलमन्नमल्पमपि वा भस्माक्षधृत्या विना । भुक्त्वावाथ गृही वनीपतियतिर्वर्णी तथा संकरः । एनोभुण्नरकं प्रयाति सत दागायत्रिजापेन तद्वर्णानां तु यतेस्तु मुख्यप्रणवाजपेन मुक्तंभवेत् ४३ ।

sanskrit

No man shall drink or eat even a bit without applying Bhasma or wearing Rudrākṣa. If he eats or drinks, whether he is a householder or Vānaprastha or an ascetic, a man of the four castes or of mixed caste, he becomes a sinner and goes to hell. If a man of the four castes repeats Gāyatrī[9] or if an ascetic repeats the Praṇava he shall be liberated.

english translation

nAznIyAjjalamannamalpamapi vA bhasmAkSadhRtyA vinA | bhuktvAvAtha gRhI vanIpatiyatirvarNI tathA saMkaraH | enobhuNnarakaM prayAti sata dAgAyatrijApena tadvarNAnAM tu yatestu mukhyapraNavAjapena muktaMbhavet 43 |

hk transliteration