Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 20 · Mrigashira 1st Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तत्पापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तमतः शृणु ॥गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन दुर्गायाः पूजनेन च ॥ ११ ॥
Now hear the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to clear that sin. It is 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and worship of Durga.
Classical view, not medical advice.
दशवर्णाप्रदानेन भूमिदानेन पार्वति ॥
O Parvati, let him give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) and give land. Then all sin born in the past life is destroyed.
गयाश्राद्धं प्रयत्नेन तदर्थं नियतः प्रिये ॥
Dear one, he should keep to the rule and do a Gaya shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) for this. He should carefully bathe in Prayaga in the…
ततः पापं क्षयं याति पुनः पुत्रश्च जीवति ॥
Then the sin is destroyed, and the son lives. All illnesses are destroyed. There is no need for doubt here.