Varaha Purana 134.64: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 64
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
यावकान्नं त्रीण्यहानि वायुभक्षो दिनत्रयम् ॥ य एतेन विधानॆन देवि कर्माणि कारयेत् ॥
yāvakānnaṃ trīṇy ahāni vāyubhakṣo dinatrayam | ya etena vidhānena devi karmāṇi kārayet ||
Drei Tage lang sei yāvaka-Korn die Speise, und drei Tage lang lebe man als „Luftesser“ (fastend). Wer, o Göttin, die Riten nach dieser Vorschrift vollzieht—
Varāha (inferred continuation)
FAQs
It preserves technical vocabulary for penance diets and fasting, useful for comparing Purāṇic prescriptions with Dharmaśāstra parallels.
No geographic location is mentioned.
A graded regimen of restraint (specific foods and fasting) is taught as a corrective discipline within expiatory practice.
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