Varaha Purana 136.34: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 34
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
प्रणष्टयोगमायश्च नष्टैश्वर्यश्च माधव ॥ किं कर्त्तव्यं मया विष्णो पापावस्थेन सम्प्रति
praṇaṣṭayogamāyaś ca naṣṭaiśvaryaś ca mādhava || kiṃ karttavyaṃ mayā viṣṇo pāpāvasthena samprati
„Meine yogische Kraft ist zugrunde gegangen, und auch mein herrscherlicher Glanz ist verloren, o Mādhava. Was soll ich jetzt tun, o Viṣṇu, da ich mich in einem vom Sündhaften befleckten Zustand befinde?“
Śiva (Rudra/Hara) (contextual continuation)
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It provides evidence of an internalized moral psychology in Purāṇic literature: loss of capability is narrated as a consequence requiring corrective ritual/ethical response.
No geographic location is specified.
When one recognizes wrongdoing, the appropriate response is inquiry and remediation rather than denial.
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