Parashara said I have now described to you the ordained duties of a householder. I shall now describe to you the ordinances about penances. Hear me as I describe that subject.
पराशर उवाच एष धर्मविधिस्तात गृहस्थस्य प्रकीर्तितः। तपोविधिं तु वक्ष्यामि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु॥