Varaha Purana 136.95: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 95
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
Pūrva Bhāga · Karmic Consequences: Rebirth Sequence
सूकरत्वात्परिभ्रष्टः श्वा भवेच्च जुगुप्सितः ॥ ततः श्वत्त्वात्परिभ्रष्टो मानुषेषूपजायते
sūkaratvāt paribhraṣṭaḥ śvā bhavec ca jugupsitaḥ || tataḥ śvattvāt paribhraṣṭo mānuṣeṣūpajāyate
sUkaratvAtparibhraShTaH shvA bhavechcha jugupsitaH || tataH shvattvAtparibhraShTo mAnuSheShUpajAyate
Aus dem Schweinszustand gefallen, wird man ein Hund, verachtet; dann, aus dem Hundsein gefallen, wird man unter Menschen geboren.
Varāha
Karma can precipitate downward transmigration; human birth is regained only after exhausting painful results.
Cultivate restraint and purity of conduct to avoid demeaning rebirths; treat human birth as a chance for correction.
Adharmic conduct leads to degrading rebirths; ethical restraint is implied as the preventive rule.
Moral fall results in animal rebirth (pig→dog) before returning to human birth, indicating painful, despised states as karmic maturation.
Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue on karma and rebirth (surrounding 136.104–136.110 context)
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It reflects a widespread Indic didactic pattern: moral causality represented through a graded sequence of births, offering comparative material for Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstric ethics.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It conveys the idea of moral causation across lifetimes and implies the value of reform to avoid degrading states.
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