Varaha Purana 136.6: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 6

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

चतुर्थभक्तमाहारमाकाशशयने स्वपेत् ॥ दीपं दत्त्वापराधाद्वै तरन्ति मनुजा भुवि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.6

Transliteration

caturtha-bhaktam āhāram ākāśa-śayane svapet | dīpaṁ dattvāparādhād vai taranti manujā bhuvi ||

Translation

فليأخذ طعامه على هيئة «الوجبة الرابعة» فقط، ولينم على فراشٍ مكشوفٍ تحت السماء. وبإهداء المصباح يعبرُ الناسُ على الأرضِ ما وراءَ الذنب.

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Word by Word

• caturtha-bhaktam: fourth-meal regimen (restricted eating)

• āhāram: food/intake

• ākāśa-śayane: on an open-air bed/unsheltered sleeping place

• svapet: should sleep

• dīpam: a lamp

• dattvā: having given

• aparādhāt: from the offence

• vai: indeed

• taranti: cross over

• manujāḥ: humans

• bhuvi: on earth

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Gift-Economy (Dāna)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a characteristic Purāṇic pairing of austerity (tapas-like restraint) with gifting (dāna), a common ethical technology for remediation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; the practice is described as applicable ‘on earth’ (bhuvi).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

That disciplined restraint and the donation of a lamp are presented as practical means for mitigating a defined ritual offence.