Puruṣasūkta
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Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A Vedic hymn whose recitation is prescribed as expiation for grave sin.
or a recitation of the Puruṣasūkta, or a single recitation of the Saṃhitā—these are prescribed by the good as expiation even for great sinners.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A Vedic hymn to Puruṣa used in purification, worship, and bathing rites, ranked alongside the Sāvitrī as supreme.
With the Puruṣasūkta, he shall give flowers to Puruṣa with each verse.
One who violates his preceptor's bed, by fasting for three nights and by muttering and offering oblations with the Puruṣasūkta.
Or the Puruṣasūkta.