Varaha Purana 136.62 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 62
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ फलाहारो दिनान्सप्त सप्त मूलाशनस्तथा
kilbiṣād yena mucyeta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || phalāhāro dinān sapta sapta mūlāśanas tathā
যাতে আমার অনুগত কর্মে নিবিষ্ট সে পাপ থেকে মুক্ত হয়—সে সাত দিন ফলাহার করবে, এবং তদ্রূপ সাত দিন মূলাহার করবে।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","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":"For release from sin, the Lord-prescribed dietary discipline begins: seven days on fruits, and seven days on roots.","karmic_consequence":"Observance reduces/neutralizes kilbiṣa and restores ritual-moral purity; violation (indulgence, breaking regimen) undermines expiation and leaves sin operative."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Prāyaścitta-krama (phala-mūla-āhāra)","tithi_month":"Not specified (regimen-based, not tithi-based)","promised_fruit":"Mucyeta kilbiṣāt—release from sin; purification enabling renewed dharmic life."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"tapas as purification","core_concept":"Controlled diet functions as tapas that reorients the doer toward ‘mama karma’—God-aligned action—thereby loosening sinful saṃskāras.","practical_application":"Adopt measured austerity (phala/mūla) as remedial discipline when correcting faults; pair it with intention of alignment to the Lord."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Ritual Practice","Dietary Discipline"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.69 (continuation: pāyasa, takra, pāvaka-bhojana)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An ascetic sequence: the devotee undertakes a structured diet—fruits then roots—under Varāha’s instruction.","item_prompts":["calendar-like seven-day motif","bowls of fruits","roots/tubers","austere setting","Varāha indicating sequence with fingers"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: warm palette; devotee seated with simple leaf-plate of fruits/roots; Varāha instructing with calm authority.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: stylized offerings—fruit bowl and roots—rendered richly; Varāha with gold halo blessing the regimen.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: naturalistic still-life of fruits/roots; devotee in simple cloth; Varāha in teaching posture.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: small hermitage scene; fruits and roots depicted delicately; narrative emphasis on disciplined simplicity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"austere-focused","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"measured","voice_tone":"firm, restrained, rhythmic (to mark the seven-day counts)"}
FAQs
It preserves a standardized penitential diet sequence, illustrating how food regulation functions as a ritual technology of purification in Purāṇic culture.
No geographic reference appears in this verse.
Self-restraint, especially through regulated diet, is presented as a means to address moral fault and restore purity.
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