Varaha Purana 39.70 — Adhyaya 39, Shloka 70
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
अगम्यागमनं येन कृतं जानाति मानवः । स इमं विधिमासाद्य तस्मात् पापाद् विमुच्यते ॥ ३९.७० ॥
agamyāgamanaṃ yena kṛtaṃ jānāti mānavaḥ | sa imaṃ vidhim āsādya tasmāt pāpād vimucyate || 39.70 ||
যি মানুহে জানে যে সি নিষিদ্ধ-গমন (অগম্যাগমন) কৰিছে, সি এই বিধি আশ্ৰয় কৰিলে সেই পাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়।
Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"grave, concerned","key_question":"If one has committed 'agamya-āgamana' (forbidden sexual approach), can this prescribed procedure free one from that sin?"}
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":"One who acknowledges having committed forbidden sexual approach becomes released from that sin by undertaking this prescribed procedure.","karmic_consequence":"Confession/recognition plus observance leads to vimukti from that pāpa; persistence/denial sustains karmic bondage and social-ritual impurity."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Unnamed upavāsa-vidhi (prāyaścitta for agamya-āgamana)","tithi_month":"Not specified in this excerpt","promised_fruit":"Release from the specific sin of forbidden approach (pāpa-vimocana)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Moral psychology + expiation","core_concept":"Moral repair begins with self-recognition of wrongdoing (जानाति) and is completed through śāstric discipline; dharma is restorative, not only punitive.","practical_application":"Cultivate honest self-assessment, cease the prohibited act, and perform the prescribed prāyaścitta/vrata with restraint and renewed commitment to dharma."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Dharma-śāstra","Atonement (Prāyaścitta)"]
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Type: None
Related Themes: 39.39.67 (grave sins removable); 39.39.71 (restoring Vedic saṃskāra through devotion)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha teaches a path of release for one who has committed a forbidden approach, emphasizing acknowledgment and prescribed observance; the visual tone is sober and purifying.","item_prompts":["Varāha in teaching gesture","penitent figure with bowed head","symbolic chain/bondage breaking","purification motifs: water pot, sacred ash/tilaka, lamp","scripture indicating 'vidhi'"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: solemn palette; penitent at Varāha’s feet; dark knot/chain motif dissolving; strong outlines and traditional ornamentation.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold halo and arch; penitent figure in humility; broken chain rendered with metallic highlights; minimal background, iconic focus.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: restrained courtly sanctum; expressive remorse on penitent face; gentle light signifying purification; fine detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: sparse, symbolic scene; penitent seated lower plane; Varāha elevated; a stylized broken bond floating between them."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Sober, corrective, purifying","suggested_raga":"Tōḍi","pace":"Slow with clear articulation","voice_tone":"Grave, compassionate but firm"}
FAQs
It reflects a dharma-śāstraic mode of Purāṇic composition in which moral-legal transgressions are paired with prescribed remedial procedures (prāyaścitta), illustrating how Purāṇas functioned as accessible ethical compendia alongside more technical legal texts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical-legal rule rather than a statement tied to a specific tīrtha or region.
Moral accountability (recognizing a transgression) is linked to remediation: acknowledging the prohibited act and undertaking the stated procedure leads to release from the resulting fault/sin.
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