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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 7 · Women's Past Deeds
स्त्रीकर्मकथनम्
तदा कुष्ठं भवेद्देवि जन्मजन्म दरिद्रता ॥सूर्यस्य पूजनं कान्ते सदा नारीव्रतं चरेत् ॥ २९ ॥
then kushtha (a skin disease) comes, O Goddess, and poverty in birth after birth. O beloved, she should always worship the Sun and keep the woman's vrata (vow of fasting and worship).
Classical view, not medical advice.
मासे मासे शनौ वारे वृक्षे विष्णुस्वरूपिणि ॥
Every month, on a Saturday, she should worship by the rule the tree that has Vishnu's form. Her past sin is cleansed.
श्वश्रूं च श्वशुरं चैव नित्यं क्रूरवचो वदेत् ॥
A woman always speaks cruel words to her mother-in-law and father-in-law. For that sin, O Goddess, she gets white patches on her body.
सूर्यस्य प्रतिमां देवि सुवर्णत्रिपलस्य च ॥
She should give an image of the Sun to a Veda scholar, O Goddess. It is of gold weighing three pala (a unit of weight). She should keep the Sun's…