Varaha Purana 136.36: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 36

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

एवं चिन्तात्मनस्तस्य मया रुद्रस्य भाषितम् ॥ कपालमालां गृहीत्वा समलं गच्छ शङ्कर

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.36

Transliteration

evaṃ cintātmanas tasya mayā rudrasya bhāṣitam || kapālamālāṃ gṛhītvā samalaṃ gaccha śaṅkara

Translation

«وبينما كان هو (رودرا) غارقًا في فكرٍ قَلِق، خاطبته قائلاً: “احمل إكليل الجماجم، وامضِ يا شانكرا إلى الموضع النجس”.»

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Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus

• cintā-ātmanaḥ: of one whose mind is occupied with चिंता (anxiety)

• tasya: of him

• mayā: by me

• rudrasya: to/of Rudra

• bhāṣitam: spoken

• kapāla-mālām: garland/chain of skulls (acc.)

• gṛhītvā: having taken

• samalam: to the impure/defiled (place) / impure

• gaccha: go

• śaṅkara: O Śaṅkara

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor) (inferred); direct speech addressed to Śiva

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ritual Symbolism
• Sanskrit Material Culture Terms
• Ethics and Atonement

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves an atonement motif where symbolic, liminal spaces and objects (e.g., skull-garland, impure sites) are used to frame purification and transformation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific named location appears; the destination is described generically as 'samala' (an impure place).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text suggests remediation through deliberate engagement with practices of purification rather than avoidance of the consequences of harm.