Varaha Purana 176.38 — Adhyaya 176, Shloka 38
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
ततः स विमना जातो अगम्यागमनेन च ॥ प्रायश्चित्ते मतिरभून्निर्विण्णस्य दुरात्मनः ॥
tataḥ sa vimanā jāto agamyāgamanena ca || prāyaścitte matir abhūn nirviṇṇasya durātmanaḥ ||
ثم صار كئيبًا لأنه أقدم على ما لا يجوز الإقدام عليه. واتجه فكرُ ذلك الرجل اليائس سيّئ السيرة إلى الكفّارة (برَايَشْتِتّا).
Pṛthivī
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"didactic and morally grave, emphasizing remorse and correction","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Approaching what is forbidden (agamya) leads to remorse; one should turn the mind toward prescribed expiation.","karmic_consequence":"Turning to prāyaścitta is presented as the corrective path; remaining ‘durātmā’ and despondent without correction implies continued impurity and downfall."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"moral causality and self-reformation","core_concept":"Recognition of transgression (agamya-gamana) should mature into deliberate corrective action (prāyaścitta) rather than despair.","practical_application":"Cultivate viveka: acknowledge fault, seek scriptural guidance, undertake proportionate expiation, and avoid repeating the cause."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: ethical interiority (manas) foregrounded rather than place
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 176.43–44 (specific prāyaścitta prescriptions)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A solitary figure sits or stands with lowered head, visibly downcast, as if realizing a grave forbidden act; the scene suggests an inner pivot toward penance.","item_prompts":["downcast posture","hand to forehead/chest","dim or austere background","symbolic fire/ash or water pot hinting at expiation (optional)","shadowed face conveying nirveda"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized remorse—bent torso, controlled expression, muted reds/browns, minimal props indicating prāyaścitta.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: iconic penitent figure with sparse setting, gold accents restrained, a small flame/kalasha motif to signal ritual correction.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: subtle emotional shading, quiet interior, fine detailing of garments, contemplative atmosphere.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical penitence, simple landscape or veranda, delicate linework emphasizing mood of nirveda."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"penitential and reflective","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"low, introspective, weighty"}
FAQs
It captures a standard Purāṇic ethical arc: transgression → remorse → orientation toward prāyaścitta, reflecting dharmaśāstra-adjacent moral reasoning.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Recognition of wrongdoing and sincere remorse are framed as prerequisites for seeking corrective disciplines (prāyaścitta).
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