Varaha Purana 136.99: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 99

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रॊणि प्रायश्चित्तं मम प्रियम् ॥ किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत भेरीताडनमोहितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.99

Transliteration

tasya vakṣyāmi suśroṇi prāyaścittaṃ mama priyam || kilbiṣādyena mucyeta bherītāḍanamohitaḥ ||

Translation

Darüber, o Schönhüftige, will ich ein mir teures Sühneritual verkünden; dadurch wird derjenige, der in Verblendung die Kultpauke schlug, von solcher Schuld befreit.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / of it
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun stem)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सुश्रॊणि: O fair-hipped one
• सुश्रॊणि: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-श्रॊणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (सु + श्रॊणि)

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation / penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रियम्: dear / pleasing
• प्रियम्: कर्म (Karma/Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) प्रायश्चित्तम्-विशेषण

• किल्बिषात्: from sin
• किल्बिषात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-सम्भव; साधन (instrument)

• मुच्येत: may be freed
• मुच्येत: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• भेरी-ताडन-मोहितः: one deluded by drum-beating
• भेरी-ताडन-मोहितः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भेरी (प्रातिपदिक) + ताडन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + मोहित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (भेरीताडनेन मोहितः = drum-beating-deluded)

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Law

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of integrating dharma-śāstra style expiations into narrative dialogue, illustrating how ritual-ethical regulation circulated beyond strictly legal treatises.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; the focus is on an act (bherī-tāḍana) and its expiation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Wrongdoing—especially acts done under confusion or delusion—is treated as remediable through prescribed expiatory discipline.