Varaha Purana 128.3: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 3
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
तानि सर्वाणि चानीय एकं वर्ज्यं यशस्विनि॥ न दद्यत्कृष्णसारस्य चर्म तत्र कदाचन॥
tāni sarvāṇi cānīya ekaṃ varjyaṃ yaśasvini | na dadyāt kṛṣṇasārasya carma tatra kadācana ||
„Nachdem all dies herbeigebracht wurde, mit einer einzigen Ausnahme, o Ruhmreiche: Niemals soll man dort das Fell der Kṛṣṇasāra (Schwarzantilope) geben (oder verwenden).“
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves a rule-based ritual economy of materials, relevant to the history of Dharma/ritual prescriptions and their local implementations.
No geographic site is named; the restriction is contextual (“tatra”—in that rite/setting).
It emphasizes restraint and rule-governed selection of ritual materials, indicating that not all culturally available items are ritually acceptable in this context.
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