Shiva Purana

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कुंभस्नानं मंत्रदीक्षां मातृकान्यासमेव च । ब्राह्मणः सत्यपूतात्मा गुरुर्ज्ञानी विशिष्यते ४१ ।

The ceremonial ablution when the sun is in transit to the Zodiac Kumbha, initiation for mantras, the Nyāsa of Mātṛkās;[3] a brahmin, a person with soul purified by truth; a preceptor of perfect knowledge—all these are splendid.

english translation

kuMbhasnAnaM maMtradIkSAM mAtRkAnyAsameva ca | brAhmaNaH satyapUtAtmA gururjJAnI viziSyate 41 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript